Public Use Microdata

The 18 Public Use Data files of the 1992 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) data are available in ASCII (i.e. CE92F01T.TXT) and dBASE (CE92F01D.DBF) formats. These files contain the 1992 CBECS basic data including building characteristics, energy consumption and expenditures, and temperature data. The files can be accessed below.

Readme.TXT - Information on the 1992 CBECS Public Use Data

C920105T.ZIP and C920105D.ZIP contain the following files:

• File 1: CE92F01T.TXT General Building Information
  Record Length: 251 bytes
• File 2: CE92F02T.TXT Building Activity, Building Ownership and Occupancy
  Record Length: 245 bytes
• File 3: CE92F03T.TXT Operating Hours and Weather
  Record Length: 229 bytes
• File 4: CE92F04T.TXT Heating and Cooling Equipment and Distribution
  Record Length: 222 bytes
• File 5: CE92F05T.TXT End Uses of Major Energy Sources
  Record Length: 175 bytes

C920610T.ZIP and C920610D.ZIP contain the following files:

• File 6: CE92F06T.TXT Minor Energy Sources, Refrigeration and Water Heating Equipment, Electricity Generation, and Multibuilding Facilities
  Record Length: 143 bytes
• File 7: CE92F07T.TXT Lighting Equipment and Conservation Features
  Record Length: 247 bytes
• File 8: CE92F08T.TXT Imputation Flags for Energy Sources and End Uses
  Record Length: 240 bytes
• File 9: CE92F09T.TXT Imputation Flags for Heatieating, Cooling, Refrigeration and Water Heating Equipment and Electricity Generation
  Record Length: 248 bytes
• File 10: CE92F10T.TXT Imputation Flags for General Information Building Activity, Operating Hours
  Record Length: 252 bytes

C921115T.ZIP and C921115D.ZIP contain the following files:

• File 11: CE92F11T.TXT Imputation Flags for Special Technologies, Lighting Equipment, Conservation
  Record Length: 246 bytes
• File 12: CE92F12T.TXT Electricity and Demand-Side Management
  Record Length: 189 bytes
• File 13: CE92F13T.TXT Natural Gas
  Record Length: 217 bytes
• File 14: CE92F14T.TXT Fuel Oil
  Record Length: 123 bytes
• File 15: CE92F15T.TXT District Heat
  Record Length: 197 bytes

C921618T.ZIP and C921618D.ZIP contain the following files:

• File 16: EU92F16T.TXT Consumption of Electricity by End Use
  Record Length: 187 bytes
• File 17: EU92F17T.TXT Consumption of Natural Gas, Fuel Oil, and District Heat by End Use
  Record Length: 202 bytes
• File 18: EU92F18T.TXT Consumption of Major Fuels by End Use
  Record Length: 187 bytes

The documentation, which includes the file layout (Appendix A) and SAS formats (Appendix B) is located in the technical documentation file. This file is in PDF format.

Questions about CBECS may be directed to:

Joelle Michaels
joelle.michaels@eia.gov
Survey Manager