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Table B30. Cooling energy sources, number of buildings and floorspace, 2012

Released: May 2016

Number of buildings (thousand) Total floorspace (million square feet)
Buildings with cooling Cooling energy sources
used (more than one
may apply)		 Buildings with cooling Cooling energy sources
used (more than one
may apply)
  All
buildings		 Elec-
tricity		 Natural
gas		 District
chilled water		 All
buildings		 Elec-
tricity		 Natural
gas		 District
chilled water
All buildings 5,557 4,461 4,413 12 54 87,093 79,294 76,034 732 4,608
Building floorspace (square feet)                    
1,001 to 5,000 2,777 2,062 2,054 Q Q 8,041 6,124 6,107 Q Q
5,001 to 10,000 1,229 1,004 996 Q Q 8,900 7,304 7,252 Q Q
10,001 to 25,000 884 774 764 Q 9 14,105 12,357 12,211 Q 145
25,001 to 50,000 332 302 296 Q Q 11,917 10,813 10,615 Q Q
50,001 to 100,000 199 187 179 Q 10 13,918 13,069 12,618 Q 567
100,001 to 200,000 90 88 81 Q 9 12,415 12,152 11,034 Q 1,273
200,001 to 500,000 38 37 35 Q 4 10,724 10,518 9,887 Q 1,064
Over 500,000 8 8 7 (*) 1 7,074 6,958 6,310 167 1,306
Principal building activity                    
Education 389 361 338 Q 25 12,239 11,811 10,673 Q 1,292
Food sales 177 165 165 N N 1,252 1,190 1,190 N N
Food service 380 358 356 N Q 1,819 1,712 1,668 N Q
Health care 157 154 153 (*) Q 4,155 4,148 3,966 200 523
Inpatient 10 10 9 (*) 1 2,374 2,374 2,227 176 477
Outpatient 147 145 143 Q Q 1,781 1,774 1,739 Q Q
Lodging 158 145 142 Q Q 5,826 5,700 5,308 Q Q
Mercantile 602 560 560 Q N 11,330 11,121 11,121 Q N
Retail (other than mall) 438 396 396 N N 5,439 5,230 5,230 N N
Enclosed and strip malls 164 164 164 Q N 5,890 5,890 5,890 Q N
Office 1,012 995 985 Q 10 15,952 15,882 15,179 Q 1,096
Public assembly 352 295 291 N 5 5,559 5,235 4,629 N 880
Public order and safety 84 74 74 Q Q 1,440 1,384 1,358 Q Q
Religious worship 412 375 375 N Q 4,557 4,271 4,271 N Q
Service 619 435 435 N N 4,630 3,773 3,758 N N
Warehouse and storage 796 391 388 Q N 13,077 10,120 10,059 Q N
Other 125 90 89 Q Q 2,002 1,820 1,806 Q Q
Vacant 296 63 62 N Q 3,256 1,125 1,048 N Q
Year constructed                    
Before 1920 362 275 272 N Q 3,983 3,087 2,908 N Q
1920 to 1945 488 367 366 Q Q 6,025 5,215 5,081 Q Q
1946 to 1959 599 477 472 Q Q 7,381 6,679 6,569 Q 203
1960 to 1969 639 538 528 Q 11 10,362 9,634 8,962 Q 923
1970 to 1979 684 563 555 Q 9 10,846 10,031 9,440 Q 811
1980 to 1989 915 730 727 Q 3 15,230 14,011 13,830 Q 310
1990 to 1999 845 663 654 Q 10 13,803 12,402 11,924 Q 664
2000 to 2003 375 321 315 Q 5 7,215 6,939 6,463 Q Q
2004 to 2007 347 293 290 Q 6 6,524 6,071 5,722 Q 418
2008 to 2012 303 235 232 Q Q 5,723 5,225 5,135 Q Q
Census region and division                    
Northeast 805 592 583 6 7 15,534 13,949 13,303 305 794
New England 302 187 183 Q Q 4,302 3,482 3,317 Q Q
Middle Atlantic 504 405 400 3 Q 11,232 10,467 9,986 216 656
Midwest 1,237 970 967 Q 2 18,919 17,144 16,826 Q 585
East North Central 735 601 599 Q 2 12,742 11,675 11,474 Q 420
West North Central 502 370 369 Q Q 6,178 5,469 5,352 Q Q
South 2,247 1,891 1,861 Q 35 34,279 31,734 29,950 Q 2,479
South Atlantic 1,091 935 917 Q 22 17,981 17,094 16,368 Q 1,202
East South Central 370 335 329 Q Q 4,904 4,710 4,307 Q Q
West South Central 786 621 616 Q 6 11,394 9,931 9,275 Q 773
West 1,267 1,007 1,001 Q 9 18,360 16,467 15,955 Q 749
Mountain 338 259 258 Q 1 4,981 4,489 4,205 Q Q
Pacific 929 748 743 Q 8 13,379 11,978 11,749 Q 329
Climate region1                    
Very cold/Cold 2,031 1,497 1,488 8 7 31,898 28,228 27,377 403 1,227
Mixed-humid 1,743 1,482 1,467 3 18 27,873 26,365 24,968 272 2,027
Mixed-dry/Hot-dry 837 682 679 Q 7 12,037 10,887 10,490 Q Q
Hot-humid 799 699 680 Q 21 12,831 11,624 11,043 Q 752
Marine 147 101 99 Q Q 2,454 2,190 2,157 Q Q
Number of workers (main shift)                    
Fewer than 5 2,892 1,932 1,918 Q Q 17,751 11,595 11,383 Q Q
5 to 9 1,085 999 994 N Q 8,973 8,238 8,177 N Q
10 to 19 731 699 696 N Q 9,623 9,190 9,070 N Q
20 to 49 513 498 486 Q 9 14,514 14,219 13,707 Q 505
50 to 99 206 203 197 Q 9 13,476 13,323 12,844 Q 683
100 to 249 93 93 87 Q 6 10,941 10,913 10,076 Q 982
250 or more 37 37 35 1 5 11,815 11,815 10,777 378 1,986
Weekly operating hours                    
Fewer than 40 1,149 690 689 Q Q 8,220 5,083 4,986 Q Q
40 to 48 1,346 1,168 1,154 Q 12 15,828 14,512 14,078 Q 521
49 to 60 1,244 1,084 1,075 Q 10 20,529 19,297 18,670 Q 805
61 to 84 764 669 662 Q 9 15,867 15,170 14,763 Q 524
85 to 167 479 419 409 Q 12 9,395 8,864 8,451 Q 606
Open continuously 575 431 423 Q 11 17,253 16,368 15,087 329 2,005
Ownership and occupancy                    
Nongovernment owned 4,781 3,817 3,802 11 17 67,550 60,960 59,329 542 2,104
Owner occupied 2,466 2,046 2,038 Q 14 30,637 28,174 26,984 147 1,478
Leased to tenant(s) 1,745 1,421 1,415 Q 2 26,115 23,907 23,688 Q 297
Owner occupied and leased 349 324 322 Q 1 8,873 8,602 8,379 Q 329
Unoccupied 221 26 26 N N 1,925 278 278 N N
Government owned 776 644 611 Q 37 19,543 18,334 16,705 Q 2,504
Federal 33 33 32 Q Q 1,573 1,573 1,403 Q Q
State 185 159 142 Q 20 5,539 5,252 4,086 Q 1,448
Local 558 452 437 Q 16 12,431 11,508 11,217 Q 612
Energy sources
(more than one may apply)		                    
Electricity 5,234 4,461 4,413 12 54 84,869 79,294 76,034 732 4,608
Natural gas 2,933 2,700 2,679 12 21 58,725 56,899 55,138 732 2,431
Fuel oil 467 360 355 1 8 20,200 19,309 18,259 364 2,134
District heat 48 44 23 Q 26 5,964 5,903 3,429 Q 3,730
District chilled water 54 54 13 Q 54 4,608 4,608 1,586 Q 4,608
Propane 510 420 416 Q Q 7,706 7,061 6,814 Q Q
Other 172 126 125 Q Q 3,826 3,573 3,490 Q Q
Primary space-heating
energy source		                    
Electricity 1,819 1,728 1,712 Q 20 26,205 25,613 25,317 Q 418
Natural gas 2,322 2,126 2,116 10 6 42,988 41,435 40,980 703 437
Fuel oil 205 135 135 N N 2,542 1,984 1,984 N N
District heat 47 43 23 Q 26 5,797 5,736 3,274 Q 3,698
Propane 261 207 207 N N 1,948 1,643 1,643 N N
Other 67 33 33 N Q 598 425 416 N Q
Water-heating energy sources
(more than one may apply)		                    
Electricity 2,658 2,481 2,460 Q 27 42,755 41,520 40,675 Q 1,381
Natural gas 1,758 1,646 1,632 7 15 39,523 38,464 37,575 663 1,155
Fuel oil 77 58 58 Q Q 1,911 1,705 1,705 Q Q
District heat 25 24 14 Q 13 4,551 4,527 2,668 Q 2,783
Propane 142 120 120 N N 1,575 1,413 1,413 N N
Cooking energy sources
(more than one may apply)		                    
Electricity 1,010 962 959 (*) 6 25,151 24,665 24,152 170 1,407
Natural gas 740 712 707 1 6 24,770 24,434 23,744 294 1,175
Propane 144 121 120 N Q 2,001 1,849 1,833 N Q
Energy end uses
(more than one may apply)		                    
Buildings with space heating 4,722 4,272 4,226 12 51 80,078 76,834 73,613 732 4,561
Buildings with cooling 4,461 4,461 4,413 12 54 79,294 79,294 76,034 732 4,608
Buildings with water heating 4,423 4,097 4,054 10 51 79,015 76,414 73,215 724 4,511
Buildings with cooking 1,589 1,497 1,491 1 9 38,546 37,687 36,626 298 2,084
Buildings with manufacturing 259 217 217 Q Q 5,078 4,682 4,682 Q Q
Buildings with electricity
generation		 410 386 377 2 12 25,642 25,350 23,770 437 2,731
Percent of floorspace cooled                    
Not cooled 1,096 N N N N 7,799 N N N N
1 to 50 1,173 1,173 1,172 Q Q 18,891 18,891 18,815 Q Q
51 to 99 897 897 885 1 18 22,728 22,728 21,607 166 1,953
100 2,391 2,391 2,355 9 36 37,676 37,676 35,612 415 2,569
Cooling equipment
(more than one may apply)		                    
Residential-type central air
conditioners		 1,546 1,546 1,546 Q Q 14,765 14,765 14,765 Q Q
Heat pumps 692 692 692 Q Q 12,538 12,538 12,538 Q 268
Individual air conditioners 709 709 709 Q 2 12,420 12,420 12,420 174 636
District chilled water 54 54 13 Q 54 4,608 4,608 1,586 Q 4,608
Central chillers 163 163 162 5 1 17,041 17,041 16,872 629 393
Packaged air conditioning units 1,909 1,909 1,903 8 7 45,153 45,153 45,047 389 833
Swamp coolers 109 109 109 Q Q 1,918 1,918 1,918 Q Q
Other Q Q Q Q Q 328 328 328 Q Q
1These climate regions were created by the Building America program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE).
Q = Data withheld either because the Relative Standard Error (RSE) was greater than 50 percent or fewer than 20 buildings were sampled.
N = No cases in reporting sample.
(*) = Value rounds to zero in the units displayed.
Notes: • Because of rounding, data may not sum to totals. • See Guide to the 2012 CBECS Detailed Tables or CBECS Terminology for definition of terms used in these tables and/or comparison of differences with prior CBECS tables. Both references can be accessed from http://www.eia.gov/consumption/commercial/data/2012/
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Consumption and Efficiency Statistics, Form EIA-871A of the 2012 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey.