2018 CBECS data related to all-electric buildings

Release date: December 18, 2023

Fewer than one-third of U.S. commercial buildings were all-electric in 2018, according to data from our Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS). As of 2018, 31% (1.8 million) of commercial buildings were all-electric nationwide.

Buildings can be classified as all-electric in different ways. We define all-electric buildings here as buildings that used only electricity for end uses that electricity can perform, such as space heating, cooling, water heating, and cooking. These buildings may have used other energy sources, such as solar, natural gas, and fuel oil, for on-site electricity generation.

We provide tables with precalculated number of buildingsandtotal floorspace estimates for buildings that use only electricity for select end uses. We also offer a table with the number of buildings, total floorspace, electricity consumption, and electricity expenditures forbuildings using only electricity for all end usesexcept electricity generation. Data users can also create their own all-electric building estimates by using the CBECS public use microdata file.

Information from these tables is also published in Today in Energy.

Table S2. Electricity used for select end uses, number of buildings, 2018
Table S3. Electricity used for select end uses, total floorspace, 2018
Table S4. Number of buildings, total floorspace, electricity consumption, and electricity expenditures for buildings using only electricity for all end uses except electricity generation, 2018