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How do they use electricity?

EDUCATION BUILDINGS
Table 6: Electricity Consumption and Cost by Size Category

	Electricity
	Consumption			Cost
	Total (billion kWh)	per Building (thousand kWh)	per Square Foot (kWh)	per hundred kWh (dollars)

All Education Buildings	65	210	8.4	7.99

Building Floorspace Category
Small	4	38	15.0	9.46
Medium	27	158	8.2	8.51
Large	34	894	8.2	7.42

Small buildings = 1,001 to 5,000 square feet
Medium buildings = 5,001 to 50,000 square feet
Large buildings = Over 50,000 square feet

Source: Energy Information Administration,
1995 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey.

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_tableelecsize.htm

Release date: August 2, 2000
File last modified: January 3, 2001