A Look at Retail and Service Buildings
How do they use energy and how much does it cost?
How do they use natural gas?
How do they use natural gas?
Retail and service buildings use 385 billion cubic feet (or 395 trillion Btu) of natural gas annually.
The large majority of this natural gas is used for space heating, followed by water heating.
The natural gas intensity (for only buildings that use natural gas) in retail and service buildings is 45.2 cubic feet per square foot, slightly less than the average for all commercial building types.
Table 6: Natural gas consumption and cost by type of retail or service and size category
On average, $0.23 per square foot is spent on natural gas in retail and service buildings, just about the same as the national average for natural gas usage in commercial buildings ($0.24 per square foot).
Continue: What types of equipment do they use?
Go to "How do they use natural gas?" 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/retailserv/retserv_howuseng.htm
Release
date: September 11, 2000
File last modified:
January 3, 2001