A Look at Retail and Service Buildings - Table 6: Natural Gas Consumption and Cost by Type

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RETAIL AND SERVICE BUILDINGS
Table 6: Natural gas consumption and cost by type of retail or service and size category

	Natural Gas
	Consumption			Cost
	Total (billion cubic feet)	per Building (thousand cubic feet)	per Square Foot (cubic feet)	per thousand cubic feet (dollars)

All Retail and Service Buildings	385	486	45.2	5.14

Type of Retail or Service*
Retail	175	367	27.4	5.67
- All Malls	61	672	18.9	5.97
--- Strip Malls	48	590	27.4	6.27
--- Enclosed Malls	13	Q	9.1	4.90
- Retail Other Than Malls	114	295	35.9	5.51
Service	210	664	98.5	4.70

Building Floorspace Category
Small	81	196	79.1	5.54
Medium	234	655	53.7	5.13
Large	70	3,427	22.2	4.71

* 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.
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.

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Release date: September 11, 2000
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