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Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS)

2018 CBECS Survey Data 2018 | 2012 | 2003 | 1999 | 1995 | 1992 |

Consumption and Expenditures

These 48 tables provide cross tabulations of CBECS consumption, expenditures, and end-use data. See the 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.

Highlights from the tables are presented in this report: PDF  PPT

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Major fuels  
Release date: December 21, 2022
 
Table C1. Total energy consumption by major fuel PDF  XLS
Table C2. Total energy expenditures by major fuel PDF  XLS
Table C3. Sum of major fuels consumption and expenditures PDF  XLS
Table C4. Sum of major fuels consumption and expenditure gross energy intensities PDF  XLS
Table C5. Consumption and gross energy intensity by census region for sum of major fuels PDF  XLS
Table C6. Expenditures by census region for sum of major fuels PDF  XLS
Table C7. Consumption and gross energy intensity by census division (part 1) for sum of major fuels PDF  XLS
Table C8. Consumption and gross energy intensity by census division (part 2) for sum of major fuels PDF  XLS
Table C9. Consumption and gross energy intensity by census division (part 3) for sum of major fuels PDF  XLS
Table C10. Consumption and gross energy intensity by climate zone for sum of major fuels PDF  XLS
Table C11. Consumption and gross energy intensity by building size for sum of major fuels PDF  XLS
Table C12. Sum of major fuels consumption totals and gross energy intensities by building activity subcategories PDF  XLS
Electricity  
Release date: December 21, 2022  
Table C13. Total electricity consumption and expenditures PDF  XLS
Table C14. Electricity consumption and expenditure intensities PDF  XLS
Table C15. Electricity consumption and conditional energy intensity by census region PDF  XLS
Table C16. Electricity expenditures by census region PDF  XLS
Table C17. Electricity consumption and conditional energy intensity by census division (part 1) PDF  XLS
Table C18. Electricity consumption and conditional energy intensity by census division (part 2) PDF  XLS
Table C19. Electricity consumption and conditional energy intensity by census division (part 3) PDF  XLS
Table C20. Electricity consumption and conditional energy intensity by climate zone PDF  XLS
Table C21. Electricity consumption and conditional energy intensity by building size PDF  XLS
Table C22. Electricity consumption and conditional energy intensities by building activity subcategories PDF  XLS
Natural gas  
Release date: December 21, 2022  
Table C23. Total natural gas consumption and expenditures PDF  XLS
Table C24. Natural gas consumption and expenditure intensities PDF  XLS
Table C25. Natural gas consumption and conditional energy intensity by census region PDF  XLS
Table C26. Natural gas expenditures by census region PDF  XLS
Table C27. Natural gas consumption and conditional energy intensity by census division (part 1) PDF  XLS
Table C28. Natural gas consumption and conditional energy intensity by census division (part 2) PDF  XLS
Table C29. Natural gas consumption and conditional energy intensity by census division (part 3) PDF  XLS
Table C30. Natural gas consumption and conditional energy intensity by climate zone PDF  XLS
Table C31. Natural gas consumption and conditional energy intensity by building size PDF  XLS
Table C32. Natural consumption totals and gross energy intensities by building activity subcategories PDF  XLS
Fuel oil  
Release date: December 21, 2022  
Table C33. Total fuel oil consumption and expenditures PDF  XLS
Table C34. Fuel oil consumption and expenditure intensities PDF  XLS
Table C35. Fuel oil consumption and conditional energy intensity by census region PDF  XLS
District heat  
Release date: December 21, 2022  
Table C36. Total district heat consumption and expenditures PDF  XLS
Table C37. District heat consumption and expenditure intensities PDF  XLS
End-use consumption  
Release date: December 21, 2022  
Table E1. Major fuels consumption by end use PDF  XLS
Table E2. Major fuels consumption intensities by end use PDF  XLS
Table E3. Electricity consumption (in British thermal units [Btu]) by end use PDF  XLS
Table E4. Electricity consumption intensities (in British thermal units [Btu]) by end use PDF  XLS
Table E5. Electricity consumption (in kilowatthours [kWh]) by end use PDF  XLS
Table E6. Electricity consumption intensities (in kilowatthours [kWh]) by end use PDF  XLS
Table E7. Natural gas consumption and energy intensities (in British thermal units [Btu]) by end use PDF  XLS
Table E8. Natural gas consumption and intensities (in cubic feet) by end use PDF  XLS
Table E9. Fuel oil consumption and energy intensities (in British thermal units [Btu]) by end use PDF  XLS
Table E10. Fuel oil consumption and energy intensities (in gallons) by end use PDF  XLS
Table E11. District heat consumption and energy intensities by end use PDF  XLS

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