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Released: May 2016
Number of buildings (thousand) | |||||||
Buildings with water heating | Water-heating energy sources used (more than one may apply) | ||||||
All buildings |
Electricity | Natural gas |
Fuel oil | District heat |
Propane | ||
All buildings | 5,557 | 4,423 | 2,658 | 1,758 | 77 | 25 | 142 |
Building floorspace (square feet) | |||||||
1,001 to 5,000 | 2,777 | 2,032 | 1,304 | 684 | Q | Q | 58 |
5,001 to 10,000 | 1,229 | 992 | 594 | 384 | Q | Q | 47 |
10,001 to 25,000 | 884 | 775 | 431 | 351 | Q | Q | 26 |
25,001 to 50,000 | 332 | 307 | 167 | 157 | Q | Q | Q |
50,001 to 100,000 | 199 | 186 | 94 | 109 | Q | 6 | Q |
100,001 to 200,000 | 90 | 86 | 46 | 49 | 2 | 6 | Q |
200,001 to 500,000 | 38 | 36 | 18 | 21 | 1 | 4 | Q |
Over 500,000 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | (*) | 2 | Q |
Principal building activity | |||||||
Education | 389 | 332 | 159 | 167 | 11 | 7 | Q |
Food sales | 177 | 177 | 115 | 59 | Q | N | Q |
Food service | 380 | 379 | 155 | 216 | Q | Q | 27 |
Health care | 157 | 156 | 93 | 65 | 2 | 2 | Q |
Inpatient | 10 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | Q |
Outpatient | 147 | 146 | 90 | 58 | Q | Q | Q |
Lodging | 158 | 158 | 55 | 91 | Q | 3 | Q |
Mercantile | 602 | 531 | 400 | 194 | Q | Q | Q |
Retail (other than mall) | 438 | 367 | 263 | 101 | Q | Q | Q |
Enclosed and strip malls | 164 | 164 | 137 | 93 | Q | Q | Q |
Office | 1,012 | 943 | 614 | 323 | Q | 8 | Q |
Public assembly | 352 | 317 | 160 | 135 | Q | 3 | Q |
Public order and safety | 84 | 80 | 46 | 28 | Q | Q | Q |
Religious worship | 412 | 383 | 233 | 144 | Q | N | Q |
Service | 619 | 442 | 273 | 161 | Q | Q | Q |
Warehouse and storage | 796 | 370 | 264 | 117 | Q | N | Q |
Other | 125 | 98 | 66 | 31 | Q | Q | Q |
Vacant | 296 | 56 | 26 | 27 | Q | Q | Q |
Year constructed | |||||||
Before 1920 | 362 | 286 | 173 | 104 | Q | 2 | Q |
1920 to 1945 | 488 | 383 | 187 | 176 | Q | 4 | Q |
1946 to 1959 | 599 | 460 | 267 | 189 | Q | 2 | Q |
1960 to 1969 | 639 | 540 | 278 | 269 | 14 | 5 | Q |
1970 to 1979 | 684 | 577 | 342 | 245 | Q | 4 | Q |
1980 to 1989 | 915 | 727 | 495 | 243 | Q | 1 | 21 |
1990 to 1999 | 845 | 631 | 377 | 249 | Q | 2 | 30 |
2000 to 2003 | 375 | 312 | 204 | 108 | Q | Q | Q |
2004 to 2007 | 347 | 275 | 189 | 93 | Q | Q | Q |
2008 to 2012 | 303 | 231 | 145 | 83 | Q | Q | Q |
Census region and division | |||||||
Northeast | 805 | 671 | 324 | 291 | 69 | 9 | 37 |
New England | 302 | 235 | 127 | 55 | 46 | Q | 28 |
Middle Atlantic | 504 | 436 | 197 | 236 | 23 | Q | Q |
Midwest | 1,237 | 1,014 | 525 | 493 | Q | 5 | 31 |
East North Central | 735 | 629 | 295 | 350 | Q | 2 | Q |
West North Central | 502 | 385 | 230 | 143 | Q | Q | 24 |
South | 2,247 | 1,740 | 1,242 | 527 | Q | 7 | 42 |
South Atlantic | 1,091 | 856 | 665 | 202 | Q | Q | 21 |
East South Central | 370 | 325 | 238 | 92 | Q | Q | Q |
West South Central | 786 | 560 | 339 | 233 | Q | Q | Q |
West | 1,267 | 997 | 567 | 447 | Q | 4 | 32 |
Mountain | 338 | 260 | 130 | 129 | Q | Q | Q |
Pacific | 929 | 737 | 437 | 317 | Q | 3 | Q |
Climate region1 | |||||||
Very cold/Cold | 2,031 | 1,639 | 838 | 748 | 64 | 10 | 71 |
Mixed-humid | 1,743 | 1,445 | 944 | 521 | 12 | 10 | 37 |
Mixed-dry/Hot-dry | 837 | 635 | 358 | 290 | Q | Q | Q |
Hot-humid | 799 | 590 | 459 | 136 | Q | Q | Q |
Marine | 147 | 113 | 58 | 63 | Q | Q | N |
Number of workers (main shift) | |||||||
Fewer than 5 | 2,892 | 1,917 | 1,207 | 644 | 39 | Q | 71 |
5 to 9 | 1,085 | 977 | 606 | 354 | Q | Q | 37 |
10 to 19 | 731 | 700 | 376 | 339 | Q | Q | 23 |
20 to 49 | 513 | 495 | 290 | 239 | Q | 5 | Q |
50 to 99 | 206 | 203 | 115 | 110 | Q | 4 | Q |
100 to 249 | 93 | 93 | 45 | 55 | 2 | 6 | Q |
250 or more | 37 | 37 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 5 | Q |
Weekly operating hours | |||||||
Fewer than 40 | 1,149 | 703 | 445 | 239 | Q | Q | Q |
40 to 48 | 1,346 | 1,107 | 722 | 381 | 23 | Q | 21 |
49 to 60 | 1,244 | 1,063 | 650 | 412 | Q | 6 | 36 |
61 to 84 | 764 | 676 | 408 | 299 | Q | 4 | 19 |
85 to 167 | 479 | 428 | 225 | 213 | Q | 4 | Q |
Open continuously | 575 | 447 | 208 | 213 | 18 | 9 | 25 |
Ownership and occupancy | |||||||
Nongovernment owned | 4,781 | 3,791 | 2,323 | 1,482 | 63 | 13 | 120 |
Owner occupied | 2,466 | 2,048 | 1,195 | 806 | 45 | 10 | 86 |
Leased to tenant(s) | 1,745 | 1,401 | 904 | 541 | Q | 1 | 27 |
Owner occupied and leased | 349 | 316 | 213 | 121 | Q | 2 | Q |
Unoccupied | 221 | 26 | Q | Q | N | N | Q |
Government owned | 776 | 632 | 335 | 275 | 14 | 12 | 22 |
Federal | 33 | 33 | 18 | 14 | Q | 1 | Q |
State | 185 | 146 | 75 | 66 | Q | 10 | Q |
Local | 558 | 452 | 242 | 195 | 12 | 2 | Q |
Energy sources (more than one may apply) |
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Electricity | 5,234 | 4,423 | 2,658 | 1,758 | 77 | 25 | 142 |
Natural gas | 2,933 | 2,742 | 1,180 | 1,758 | 9 | 9 | Q |
Fuel oil | 467 | 411 | 240 | 106 | 77 | 7 | 11 |
District heat | 48 | 45 | 16 | 9 | Q | 25 | Q |
District chilled water | 54 | 51 | 27 | 15 | Q | 13 | N |
Propane | 510 | 466 | 283 | 43 | 29 | Q | 142 |
Other | 172 | 141 | 78 | 45 | Q | Q | Q |
Primary space-heating energy source |
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Electricity | 1,819 | 1,599 | 1,315 | 319 | Q | Q | 24 |
Natural gas | 2,322 | 2,148 | 911 | 1,378 | 5 | Q | Q |
Fuel oil | 205 | 169 | 104 | Q | 61 | N | Q |
District heat | 47 | 44 | 16 | 9 | Q | 25 | N |
Propane | 261 | 234 | 138 | Q | N | N | 101 |
Other | 67 | 44 | 28 | Q | Q | N | Q |
Cooking energy sources (more than one may apply) |
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Electricity | 1,010 | 997 | 604 | 422 | 22 | 5 | 37 |
Natural gas | 740 | 739 | 268 | 576 | 7 | 3 | Q |
Propane | 144 | 142 | 77 | 5 | 17 | N | 58 |
Energy end uses (more than one may apply) |
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Buildings with space heating | 4,722 | 4,237 | 2,512 | 1,722 | 76 | 25 | 133 |
Buildings with cooling | 4,461 | 4,097 | 2,481 | 1,646 | 58 | 24 | 120 |
Buildings with water heating | 4,423 | 4,423 | 2,658 | 1,758 | 77 | 25 | 142 |
Buildings with cooking | 1,589 | 1,573 | 810 | 795 | 41 | 7 | 76 |
Buildings with manufacturing | 259 | 228 | 145 | 84 | Q | Q | Q |
Buildings with electricity generation |
410 | 395 | 200 | 184 | 20 | 11 | 20 |
Water-heating equipment | |||||||
Centralized system | 3,348 | 3,348 | 1,901 | 1,367 | 63 | 19 | 106 |
Distributed system | 690 | 690 | 508 | 182 | Q | 3 | Q |
Combination of centralized and distributed system | 385 | 385 | 250 | 209 | 7 | 4 | 14 |
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. |