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Released: May 2016
Total floorspace (million square feet) | |||||||
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 | 87,093 | 79,015 | 42,755 | 39,523 | 1,911 | 4,551 | 1,575 |
Building floorspace (square feet) | |||||||
1,001 to 5,000 | 8,041 | 6,102 | 3,881 | 2,081 | Q | Q | 171 |
5,001 to 10,000 | 8,900 | 7,236 | 4,348 | 2,809 | Q | Q | 321 |
10,001 to 25,000 | 14,105 | 12,401 | 6,926 | 5,657 | Q | Q | 376 |
25,001 to 50,000 | 11,917 | 11,007 | 5,975 | 5,643 | Q | Q | Q |
50,001 to 100,000 | 13,918 | 13,063 | 6,672 | 7,528 | Q | 425 | Q |
100,001 to 200,000 | 12,415 | 11,903 | 6,162 | 6,819 | 238 | 965 | Q |
200,001 to 500,000 | 10,724 | 10,351 | 5,005 | 5,995 | 370 | 1,318 | Q |
Over 500,000 | 7,074 | 6,951 | 3,786 | 2,990 | 215 | 1,652 | Q |
Principal building activity | |||||||
Education | 12,239 | 11,905 | 4,160 | 7,712 | 638 | 842 | Q |
Food sales | 1,252 | 1,252 | 776 | 672 | Q | N | Q |
Food service | 1,819 | 1,817 | 750 | 1,026 | Q | Q | 135 |
Health care | 4,155 | 4,153 | 1,309 | 2,587 | 345 | 576 | Q |
Inpatient | 2,374 | 2,374 | 401 | 1,688 | 248 | 489 | Q |
Outpatient | 1,781 | 1,779 | 908 | 899 | Q | Q | Q |
Lodging | 5,826 | 5,821 | 1,122 | 4,267 | Q | 573 | Q |
Mercantile | 11,330 | 10,960 | 8,922 | 5,490 | Q | Q | Q |
Retail (other than mall) | 5,439 | 5,070 | 3,721 | 1,642 | Q | Q | Q |
Enclosed and strip malls | 5,890 | 5,890 | 5,201 | 3,848 | Q | Q | Q |
Office | 15,952 | 15,663 | 9,572 | 6,015 | Q | 1,368 | Q |
Public assembly | 5,559 | 5,318 | 2,094 | 2,813 | Q | 742 | Q |
Public order and safety | 1,440 | 1,341 | 635 | 742 | Q | Q | Q |
Religious worship | 4,557 | 4,337 | 2,481 | 1,962 | Q | N | Q |
Service | 4,630 | 3,763 | 2,303 | 1,416 | Q | Q | Q |
Warehouse and storage | 13,077 | 10,041 | 7,195 | 3,545 | Q | N | Q |
Other | 2,002 | 1,614 | 1,019 | 694 | Q | Q | Q |
Vacant | 3,256 | 1,031 | 417 | 582 | Q | Q | Q |
Year constructed | |||||||
Before 1920 | 3,983 | 3,403 | 1,858 | 1,274 | Q | 369 | Q |
1920 to 1945 | 6,025 | 5,299 | 2,357 | 2,362 | Q | 847 | Q |
1946 to 1959 | 7,381 | 6,410 | 2,829 | 3,659 | 299 | 287 | Q |
1960 to 1969 | 10,362 | 9,699 | 4,423 | 5,654 | 366 | 828 | Q |
1970 to 1979 | 10,846 | 10,158 | 4,854 | 5,625 | Q | 718 | Q |
1980 to 1989 | 15,230 | 13,831 | 8,845 | 6,263 | Q | 200 | 312 |
1990 to 1999 | 13,803 | 12,209 | 6,946 | 6,084 | Q | 442 | 334 |
2000 to 2003 | 7,215 | 6,889 | 4,066 | 3,131 | Q | Q | Q |
2004 to 2007 | 6,524 | 5,955 | 3,725 | 2,837 | Q | Q | Q |
2008 to 2012 | 5,723 | 5,162 | 2,852 | 2,635 | Q | Q | Q |
Census region and division | |||||||
Northeast | 15,534 | 14,633 | 6,561 | 7,533 | 1,401 | 1,641 | 389 |
New England | 4,302 | 3,915 | 1,939 | 1,492 | 693 | Q | 233 |
Middle Atlantic | 11,232 | 10,718 | 4,622 | 6,042 | 708 | 1,383 | Q |
Midwest | 18,919 | 17,592 | 7,934 | 10,615 | Q | 767 | 392 |
East North Central | 12,742 | 12,082 | 4,914 | 7,910 | Q | 470 | Q |
West North Central | 6,178 | 5,510 | 3,020 | 2,705 | Q | Q | 251 |
South | 34,279 | 30,261 | 19,449 | 12,258 | Q | 1,568 | 534 |
South Atlantic | 17,981 | 16,144 | 11,163 | 5,651 | Q | 944 | 353 |
East South Central | 4,904 | 4,598 | 2,900 | 2,103 | Q | Q | Q |
West South Central | 11,394 | 9,519 | 5,386 | 4,504 | Q | Q | Q |
West | 18,360 | 16,529 | 8,811 | 9,116 | Q | 575 | 260 |
Mountain | 4,981 | 4,440 | 2,000 | 2,665 | Q | Q | Q |
Pacific | 13,379 | 12,089 | 6,810 | 6,452 | Q | 243 | Q |
Climate region1 | |||||||
Very cold/Cold | 31,898 | 29,567 | 13,252 | 16,960 | 1,111 | 1,515 | 768 |
Mixed-humid | 27,873 | 25,772 | 14,954 | 11,896 | 711 | 2,304 | 482 |
Mixed-dry/Hot-dry | 12,037 | 10,585 | 5,678 | 5,927 | Q | Q | Q |
Hot-humid | 12,831 | 10,837 | 7,690 | 3,447 | Q | Q | Q |
Marine | 2,454 | 2,255 | 1,180 | 1,294 | Q | Q | N |
Number of workers (main shift) | |||||||
Fewer than 5 | 17,751 | 11,783 | 6,498 | 4,706 | 319 | Q | 512 |
5 to 9 | 8,973 | 8,205 | 4,882 | 3,280 | Q | Q | 289 |
10 to 19 | 9,623 | 9,137 | 4,980 | 4,518 | Q | Q | 210 |
20 to 49 | 14,514 | 14,097 | 7,767 | 7,529 | Q | 331 | Q |
50 to 99 | 13,476 | 13,171 | 7,104 | 7,742 | Q | 409 | Q |
100 to 249 | 10,941 | 10,912 | 5,572 | 6,380 | 347 | 961 | Q |
250 or more | 11,815 | 11,711 | 5,951 | 5,367 | 332 | 2,581 | Q |
Weekly operating hours | |||||||
Fewer than 40 | 8,220 | 5,137 | 2,681 | 2,427 | Q | Q | Q |
40 to 48 | 15,828 | 14,388 | 8,295 | 6,420 | 418 | Q | 220 |
49 to 60 | 20,529 | 18,878 | 10,853 | 8,403 | Q | 941 | 313 |
61 to 84 | 15,867 | 15,304 | 9,918 | 7,825 | Q | 501 | 243 |
85 to 167 | 9,395 | 8,937 | 4,695 | 5,011 | Q | 488 | Q |
Open continuously | 17,253 | 16,371 | 6,313 | 9,437 | 544 | 2,337 | 445 |
Ownership and occupancy | |||||||
Nongovernment owned | 67,550 | 60,645 | 35,729 | 28,106 | 1,108 | 2,566 | 1,179 |
Owner occupied | 30,637 | 27,869 | 13,903 | 13,220 | 757 | 1,593 | 849 |
Leased to tenant(s) | 26,115 | 23,900 | 16,509 | 10,578 | Q | 456 | 195 |
Owner occupied and leased | 8,873 | 8,544 | 5,232 | 4,063 | Q | 517 | Q |
Unoccupied | 1,925 | 332 | Q | Q | N | N | Q |
Government owned | 19,543 | 18,370 | 7,025 | 11,417 | 804 | 1,986 | 396 |
Federal | 1,573 | 1,565 | 667 | 628 | Q | 691 | Q |
State | 5,539 | 5,270 | 1,907 | 3,096 | Q | 1,010 | Q |
Local | 12,431 | 11,535 | 4,452 | 7,693 | 607 | 285 | Q |
Energy sources (more than one may apply) |
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Electricity | 84,869 | 79,015 | 42,755 | 39,523 | 1,911 | 4,551 | 1,575 |
Natural gas | 58,725 | 57,019 | 24,822 | 39,523 | 656 | 2,204 | Q |
Fuel oil | 20,200 | 19,708 | 9,324 | 9,484 | 1,911 | 2,498 | 353 |
District heat | 5,964 | 5,822 | 1,857 | 834 | Q | 4,551 | Q |
District chilled water | 4,608 | 4,511 | 1,381 | 1,155 | Q | 2,783 | N |
Propane | 7,706 | 7,383 | 3,982 | 2,110 | 824 | Q | 1,575 |
Other | 3,826 | 3,679 | 1,875 | 1,782 | Q | Q | Q |
Primary space-heating energy source |
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Electricity | 26,205 | 24,862 | 19,438 | 7,239 | Q | Q | 370 |
Natural gas | 42,988 | 41,377 | 17,136 | 30,635 | 436 | Q | Q |
Fuel oil | 2,542 | 2,362 | 1,214 | Q | 1,220 | N | Q |
District heat | 5,797 | 5,655 | 1,781 | 822 | Q | 4,451 | N |
Propane | 1,948 | 1,819 | 930 | Q | N | N | 973 |
Other | 598 | 508 | 301 | Q | Q | N | Q |
Cooking energy sources (more than one may apply) |
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Electricity | 25,151 | 25,034 | 13,898 | 13,806 | 876 | 1,832 | 524 |
Natural gas | 24,770 | 24,735 | 10,836 | 18,986 | 513 | 1,347 | Q |
Propane | 2,001 | 1,997 | 923 | 199 | 548 | N | 793 |
Energy end uses (more than one may apply) |
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Buildings with space heating | 80,078 | 76,584 | 40,801 | 39,083 | 1,805 | 4,551 | 1,478 |
Buildings with cooling | 79,294 | 76,414 | 41,520 | 38,464 | 1,705 | 4,527 | 1,413 |
Buildings with water heating | 79,015 | 79,015 | 42,755 | 39,523 | 1,911 | 4,551 | 1,575 |
Buildings with cooking | 38,546 | 38,389 | 18,787 | 23,232 | 1,412 | 2,584 | 976 |
Buildings with manufacturing | 5,078 | 4,570 | 2,952 | 1,929 | Q | Q | Q |
Buildings with electricity generation |
25,642 | 25,280 | 11,460 | 14,319 | 964 | 3,078 | 488 |
Water-heating equipment | |||||||
Centralized system | 47,534 | 47,534 | 21,435 | 24,806 | 1,318 | 3,002 | 1,006 |
Distributed system | 12,688 | 12,688 | 9,362 | 4,088 | Q | 325 | Q |
Combination of centralized and distributed system | 18,793 | 18,793 | 11,957 | 10,629 | 467 | 1,224 | 348 |
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. 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. |