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Posted June 18, 2013Today in Energy

Apartments in buildings with 5 or more units use less energy than other home types ›

Thirty percent of new home starts in 2012 were in apartment buildings with five or more units, the highest percentage since 1986 and up sharply from 18% in 2009 and 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. About 17% of households (19 million) lived in apartment buildings with five or more units in 2009, up from 13% (11 million) in 1980, but they only accounted for 9% of home energy use in both years.  More


Source: EIA, Residential Energy Consumption Survey.

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WTI crude oil futures price

6/17/2013: $97.77/bbl

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up$13.74 from year earlier

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6/17/2013: $3.875/mmBtu

up$0.075 from week earlier
up$1.408 from year earlier

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6/17/2013: $3.626/gal

down$0.029 from week earlier
up$0.093 from year earlier

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6/17/2013: $3.841/gal

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up$0.112 from year earlier

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6/8/2013: 18.185 million tons

down0.402 million tons from week earlier
down1.069 million tons from year earlier

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