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Building Characteristics

These 22 tables provide detailed crosstabulations of 2018 CBECS characteristics data. See Guide to the 2018 CBECS Tables for further technical information. A table of relative standard errors (RSEs) is included as a worksheet tab in the Excel version of each table.

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Summary tables  
Release date: September 21, 2021
Revised date: December 21, 2022
 
Summary tables (Table B1-B2)  
Table B1. Summary table: totals and means of floorspace, number of workers, and hours of operation PDF  XLS
Table B2. Summary table: totals and medians of floorspace, number of workers, hours of operation, and age of building PDF  XLS
Geographic region  
Release date: September 21, 2021
Revised date: December 21, 2022
 
Geographic region (Tables B3-B5)  
Table B3. Census region, number of buildings and floorspace PDF  XLS
Table B4. Census region and division, number of buildings PDF  XLS
Table B5. Census region and division, floorspace PDF  XLS
Size and age  
Release date: September 21, 2021
Revised date: December 21, 2022
 
Size and age (Tables B6-B10)
Table B6. Building size, number of buildings PDF  XLS
Table B7. Building size, floorspace PDF  XLS
Table B8. Year constructed, number of buildings PDF  XLS
Table B9. Year constructed, floorspace PDF  XLS
Table B10. Floors, number of buildings and floorspace PDF  XLS
Building activity  
Release date: September 21, 2021
Revised date: December 21, 2022
 
Building activity (Tables B11-B16)  
Table B11. Selected principal building activity: part 1, number of buildings PDF  XLS
Table B12. Selected principal building activity: part 1, floorspace PDF  XLS
Table B13. Selected principal building activity: part 2, number of buildings PDF  XLS
Table B14. Selected principal building activity: part 2, floorspace PDF  XLS
Table B15. Building activity subcategories: total and means of floorspace, number of workers, and hours of operation, 2018 PDF  XLS
Table B16. Building activity subcategories: total and medians of floorspace, number of workers, and hours of operation, 2018 PDF  XLS
Ownership and occupancy  
Release date: September 21, 2021
Revised date: December 21, 2022
 
Ownership and occupancy (Tables B17-B18)  
Table B17. Occupancy of nongovernment-owned and government-owned buildings, number of buildings PDF  XLS
Table B18. Occupancy of nongovernment-owned and government-owned buildings, floorspace PDF  XLS
Energy sources and end uses  
Release date: September 21, 2021
Revised date: December 21, 2022
Energy sources and end uses (Tables B19-B22)  
Table B19. Energy sources, number of buildings PDF  XLS
Table B20. Energy sources, floorspace PDF  XLS
Table B21. Energy end uses, number of buildings PDF  XLS
Table B22. Energy end uses, floorspace PDF  XLS
Climate zone  
Release date: February 23, 2023
Climate zone (Table B23)  
Table B23. Climate zone, number of buildings and floorspace PDF  XLS

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