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CBECS (Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey)

April 24, 2023

2018 CBECS used new technology to virtually list buildings and collect data


January 17, 2023

U.S. commercial buildings consumed more fuel for space heating than anything else in 2018


October 25, 2022

Homes and buildings in the West and Northeast have the largest share of small-scale solar


September 29, 2022

U.S. commercial buildings continued to increase their energy efficiency as of 2018


November 30, 2021

Warehouses were the most common U.S. commercial building type as of 2018


October 4, 2021

By 2018, LEDs had become the second-most common lighting in U.S. commercial buildings


December 3, 2020

Commercial buildings have gotten larger in the United States, with implications for energy


May 18, 2017

Large commercial buildings are more likely to use lighting control strategies


February 7, 2017

EIA’s residential and commercial studies require significant data collection and analysis


October 5, 2016

Office buildings with data centers use significantly more electricity than other offices


September 16, 2016

Recent energy intensity decline in government buildings exceeds commercial sector average


February 3, 2016

Computer and technology use in education buildings continues to increase


December 16, 2015

Independent energy assessments confirm quality of EIA’s commercial buildings data


May 8, 2015

Average size of new commercial buildings in United States continues to grow


May 6, 2015

EIA’s CBECS is the nation's only comprehensive survey of commercial buildings


December 18, 2012

Energy Perspectives: Industrial and transportation sectors lead energy use by sector


August 23, 2012

Large hospitals tend to be energy-intensive


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