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Table 7:  Number and percent of retail and service buildings (all and malls) by heating, cooling, and lighting equipment types

  Number of All Retail and Service Buildings (thousand) Percent of  All Retail and Service Buildings Number of All Malls (thousand) Percent of All Malls
         
All Buildings 1,289 100 142 100
     
Heating Equipment *     
Heat Pumps 69 5 19 13
Furnaces 602 47 46 33
Individual Space Heaters 415 32 30 21
District Heat Q Q Q Q
Boilers 135 10 5 4
Packaged Heating Units 263 20 71 50
         
Main Heating Equipment        
Heat Pumps 40 3 17 12
Furnaces 538 42 41 29
Individual Space Heaters 281 22 Q Q
District Heat Q Q Q Q
Boilers 105 8 3 2
Packaged Heating Units 191 15 61 43
         
Cooling Equipment *        
Residential-Type Central A/C 238 18 21 15
Heat Pumps 79 6 20 14
Individual A/C 230 18 Q Q
District Chilled Water Q Q Q Q
Central Chillers 7 1 2 2
Packaged A/C Units 400 31 97 69
Swamp Coolers 60 5 Q Q
     
Main Cooling Equipment        
Residential-Type Central A/C 205 16 Q Q
Heat Pumps 61 5 17 12
Individual A/C 201 16 Q Q
District Chilled Water Q Q Q Q
Central Chillers 6 0 2 1
Packaged A/C Units 355 28 92 65
Swamp Coolers 50 4 Q Q
         
Lighting Equipment*
Incandescent 586 45 65 46
Standard Fluorescent 1,202 93 135 95
Compact Fluorescent 67 5 9 6
High Intensity Discharge 84 7 8 5
Halogen 79 6 8 5

* More than one may apply.
Q=Data withheld because the Relative Standard Error (RSE) was greater than 50 percent, or data were reported for fewer than 20 buildings.

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



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