Incandescent

Standard 

Fluorescent

Compact 

Fluorescent

High-Intensity 

Discharge Halogen

All Buildings ............................................... 67,338 64,321 38,156 60,344 20,666 19,223 17,926

Building Floorspace

(Square Feet)

1,001 to 5,000 .............................................. 6,774 5,859 2,946 5,154 738 245 600

5,001 to 10,000 ............................................ 8,238 7,464 4,047 6,722 1,108 663 991

10,001 to 25,000 .......................................... 11,153 10,393 6,055 9,815 1,759 1,701 1,996

25,001 to 50,000 .......................................... 9,311 9,053 5,004 8,344 2,296 2,224 1,611

50,001 to 100,000 ........................................ 10,112 9,997 5,880 9,525 3,425 3,101 2,929

100,001 to 200,000 ...................................... 8,271 8,197 4,685 7,817 3,429 3,633 3,241

200,001 to 500,000 ...................................... 6,851 6,731 4,396 6,423 3,575 3,259 2,677

Over 500,000 ............................................... 6,628 6,628 5,143 6,544 4,336 4,397 3,882

Principal Building Activity

Education .................................................... 8,651 8,651 5,027 8,325 2,746 3,761 2,302

Food Sales .................................................. 994 992 525 985 Q Q Q

Food Service ............................................... 1,851 1,851 1,450 1,623 575 Q 558

Health Care ................................................. 2,918 2,918 2,246 2,881 1,712 943 1,350

 Inpatient ..................................................... 1,865 1,865 1,554 1,859 1,389 782 1,009

 Outpatient .................................................. 1,053 1,053 692 1,022 323 Q 341

Lodging ........................................................ 4,521 4,476 3,713 4,109 2,587 933 1,686

Mercantile .................................................... 10,398 10,383 5,586 9,824 2,793 2,494 3,058

 Retail (Other Than Mall) ............................ 4,766 4,754 2,240 4,286 724 767 790

 Enclosed and Strip Malls ........................... 5,631 5,628 3,346 5,539 2,068 1,727 2,268

Office ........................................................... 12,044 12,037 7,598 11,608 5,844 2,946 4,034

Public Assembly .......................................... 4,393 4,295 2,777 3,913 1,467 1,594 980

Public Order and Safety .............................. 1,168 1,006 513 984 304 319 Q

Religious Worship ....................................... 3,405 3,405 2,775 3,048 633 490 965

Service ........................................................ 3,388 3,336 1,276 3,218 299 1,163 384

Warehouse and Storage ............................. 10,477 9,289 3,803 8,200 1,192 3,870 1,830

Other ............................................................ 1,222 1,176 644 1,142 300 382 Q

Vacant ......................................................... 1,908 506 Q 483 Q Q Q

Year Constructed

1919 or Before ............................................. 4,034 3,569 2,533 3,246 1,040 682 871

1920 to 1945 ................................................ 6,445 5,877 3,909 5,417 1,423 1,530 921

1946 to 1959 ................................................ 9,127 8,544 4,951 8,031 2,019 1,981 1,861

1960 to 1969 ................................................ 10,866 10,541 6,268 9,939 3,445 2,986 2,916

1970 to 1979 ................................................ 11,840 11,638 7,089 11,099 3,824 3,413 3,511

1980 to 1989 ................................................ 13,931 13,284 8,028 12,619 4,755 4,166 4,272

1990 to 1999 ................................................ 11,094 10,869 5,377 9,993 4,160 4,464 3,574

Census Region

Northeast ..................................................... 12,360 11,804 7,047 11,348 3,939 4,382 3,625

Midwest ....................................................... 16,761 15,996 9,903 14,840 5,518 5,513 4,405

South ........................................................... 23,485 22,365 12,970 20,850 6,427 5,874 5,847

West ............................................................ 14,731 14,156 8,236 13,305 4,781 3,454 4,049

Workers (main shift)

Fewer than 5 ................................................ 14,321 11,461 6,532 9,890 1,388 1,348 1,448

5 to 9 ............................................................ 6,325 6,251 3,289 5,796 1,118 990 880

10 to 19 ........................................................ 8,028 7,945 4,437 7,439 1,682 1,233 1,482

20 to 49 ........................................................ 10,814 10,814 5,841 10,106 3,032 2,984 2,585

50 to 99 ........................................................ 8,898 8,898 5,330 8,474 2,781 3,306 2,539

100 to 249 .................................................... 8,356 8,356 5,082 8,164 3,573 3,551 3,003

250 or More ................................................. 10,595 10,595 7,644 10,475 7,093 5,812 5,989

Table B39. Lighting Equipment, Floorspace, 1999

Lighting Equipment (more than one may apply)

Total Floorspace (million square feet)

All

Buildings

All Lit 

Buildings

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Total Floorspace (million square feet)

All

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Buildings

Weekly Operating Hours

39 or Fewer ................................................. 6,596 4,087 2,569 3,355 401 421 596

40 to 48 ........................................................ 13,105 13,061 6,904 12,064 2,607 2,867 1,955

49 to 60 ........................................................ 14,200 14,170 8,181 13,256 4,298 3,691 3,615

61 to 84 ........................................................ 12,458 12,316 7,649 11,978 4,613 4,273 4,576

85 to 167 ...................................................... 9,116 8,905 4,873 8,525 2,769 3,653 2,616

Open Continuously ...................................... 11,863 11,784 7,980 11,166 5,978 4,319 4,568

Space in Building Vacant for at

Least Three Consecutive Months

Completely Vacant ...................................... 953 Q Q Q Q N Q

Mostly Vacant .............................................. 956 409 Q 386 Q Q Q

Partially Vacant ............................................ 15,520 14,697 9,454 14,140 6,349 4,888 5,590

Not At All Vacant ......................................... 49,910 49,118 28,480 45,721 14,208 14,322 12,290

Multibuilding Facility Activity

Not Part of a Multibuilding

 Facility ........................................................ 41,289 39,447 23,311 36,819 12,015 11,225 10,585

College or University ................................... 2,605 2,597 1,427 2,498 1,046 716 560

Primary or Secondary School ...................... 3,388 3,338 1,945 3,169 927 1,318 840

Office Complex ............................................ 3,353 3,273 1,978 3,213 1,583 899 1,200

Retail Complex ............................................ 3,555 3,487 2,068 3,381 1,083 994 1,383

Religious Campus or Complex .................... 1,907 1,887 1,310 1,800 393 Q 557

Health Care Complex .................................. 2,339 2,309 1,635 2,273 1,311 823 919

Government Complex ................................. 1,513 1,341 683 1,319 507 484 Q

Other ............................................................ 7,389 6,643 3,798 5,872 1,801 2,501 1,655

Energy Sources (more than

one may apply)

Electricity ..................................................... 65,716 64,321 38,156 60,344 20,666 19,223 17,926

Natural Gas ................................................. 45,525 45,043 27,997 42,436 15,294 14,854 14,031

Fuel Oil ........................................................ 13,285 13,192 9,076 12,874 6,857 6,227 5,840

District Heat ................................................. 5,891 5,891 3,779 5,649 3,111 2,158 1,866

District Chilled Water ................................... 2,750 2,750 1,578 2,703 1,541 900 864

Propane ....................................................... 6,290 6,255 3,341 5,852 1,593 2,062 1,629

Other ............................................................ 2,322 2,318 1,638 2,212 860 1,001 916

Energy End Uses (more than

one may apply)

Buildings with Space Heating ...................... 61,602 61,017 36,640 57,516 20,127 18,821 17,373

Buildings with Cooling ................................. 58,474 58,077 34,584 55,007 19,829 18,076 17,093

Buildings with Water Heating ...................... 56,115 55,746 34,373 52,823 19,339 17,681 16,757

Buildings with Cooking ................................ 24,681 24,681 17,469 23,810 11,262 9,908 10,335

Buildings with Manufacturing ....................... 3,126 3,069 1,509 2,926 800 1,207 911

Buildings with Electricity

 Generation .................................................. 11,882 11,877 8,413 11,585 7,132 6,086 6,201

Percent Lit When Open

Zero ............................................................. 173 Q N N N Q N

1 to 50 .......................................................... 9,187 9,187 5,551 8,127 1,878 1,442 1,784

51 to 99 ........................................................ 20,665 20,665 14,573 19,430 8,141 6,629 6,977

100 ............................................................... 34,233 34,233 17,940 32,575 10,615 11,148 9,135

Building Never Open/

 Electricity Not Used .................................... 3,080 232 Q 213 Q N Q

Percent Lit When Closed

Zero ............................................................. 20,771 19,428 9,760 17,697 3,314 4,052 2,966

1 to 50 .......................................................... 30,950 30,950 19,364 29,535 10,581 10,208 9,732

51 to 100 ...................................................... 2,160 2,160 1,052 1,946 794 645 660

Building Never Closed/

 Electricity Not Used .................................... 13,457 11,784 7,980 11,166 5,978 4,319 4,568

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Discharge Halogen

Table B39. Lighting Equipment, Floorspace, 1999

Lighting Equipment (more than one may apply)

Total Floorspace (million square feet)

All

Buildings

All Lit 

Buildings

Lighting Equipment Types

(more than one may apply)

Incandescent................................................ 38,156 38,156 38,156 35,707 15,682 12,726 14,037

Standard Fluorescent................................... 60,344 60,344 35,707 60,344 19,242 18,465 17,171

Compact Fluorescent................................... 20,666 20,666 15,682 19,242 20,666 9,386 10,517

High-Intensity Discharge.............................. 19,223 19,223 12,726 18,465 9,386 19,223 8,832

Halogen........................................................ 17,926 17,926 14,037 17,171 10,517 8,832 17,926

Other............................................................. 1,004 1,004 697 862 525 461 553

Lighting Conservation Features

(more than one may apply)

Specular Reflectors ..................................... 19,994 19,994 12,721 19,994 8,935 8,144 7,855

Electronic Ballasts ....................................... 42,035 42,035 24,967 41,473 16,117 15,009 13,717

Skylights or Atriums ..................................... 18,286 17,885 11,615 16,957 7,793 8,306 7,398

Off-Hour Equipment Reduction

(more than one may apply)

Heating ........................................................ 39,969 39,632 23,293 37,533 11,971 11,677 10,516

Cooling ........................................................ 39,161 38,842 22,573 36,804 11,882 11,390 10,549

Lighting ........................................................ 51,083 51,083 29,489 47,891 14,346 14,631 13,044

Office Equipment ......................................... 9,063 9,052 5,132 8,742 3,264 3,668 2,760

Q=Data withheld because the Relative Standard Error (RSE) was greater than 50 percent, or fewer than 20 buildings were sampled.

N=No responding cases in sample.

Note: Due to rounding, data may not sum to totals.

Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End Use, Form EIA-871A of the 1999 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption 

Survey.

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