A Look at Education Buildings
Are they on multibuilding complexes?
How do they use energy and how much does it cost?
How do they use electricity?
How do they use electricity?
Education buildings use 65 billion kWh (or 221 trillion Btu) of site electricity (electricity consumed within the building) each year. The majority of this electricity is used for lighting.
Education buildings have an electricity intensity of 8.4 kWh per square foot (for only those buildings that use electricity), lower than the average for all commercial buildings.
Small (1,001 to 5,000 square feet) education buildings use electricity a bit more intensively than larger education buildings.
Table 6: Electricity consumption and cost by size category
On average, $0.67 per square foot is spent on site electricity in education buildings, less than the national average for electricity usage in commercial buildings ($0.99 per square foot).
Continue: How do they use natural gas?
Go to "How do they use electricity?" for other building types:
- Office
- Education
- Health Care
- Retail and Service
- Food Service
Specific questions may be directed to:
Joelle Davis Michaels
joelle.michaels@eia.doe.gov
CBECS Manager
URL: http://www.eia.gov/emeu/consumptionbriefs/cbecs/pbawebsite/education/educ_howuseelec.htm
Release
date: August 2, 2000
File last modified:
January 3, 2001