Released: February 2018

Next MECS will be fielded in 2019

Table 8.6 Number of Establishments by Participation in Programs Dedicated to Improving Energy Consumption, 2014;

 Level: National Data; 

 Row: NAICS Codes;

 Column: Participation in Programs Dedicated to Improving Energy Consumption;

 Unit: Establishment Counts.

NAICS Code(a) Subsector and Industry Establishments(b)

Superior Energy 

Performance

Better Buildings, 

Better Plants Energy Star Other Don't Know

Total United States

311 Food 13,690 1,272 1,483 6,847 1,121 4,145

 3112 Grain and Oilseed Milling 600 127 95 306 78 147

 311221 Wet Corn Milling 49 W W 37 W W

 31131 Sugar Manufacturing 71 16 7 28 12 24

 3114 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food 985 142 171 541 165 300

 3115 Dairy Product 992 158 207 468 112 270

 3116 Animal Slaughtering and Processing 1,603 220 270 713 138 531

312 Beverage and Tobacco Products 2,443 340 358 1,446 282 515

 3121 Beverages 2,369 330 350 1,400 277 496

 3122 Tobacco 74 10 8 46 6 19

313 Textile Mills 1,355 165 147 536 68 598

314 Textile Product Mills 4,277 Q Q 2,004 Q 1,356

315 Apparel 3,874 Q Q 1,862 W 1,697

316 Leather and Allied Products 466 26 27 181 W 258

321 Wood Products 8,398 599 543 3,551 429 3,287

 321113 Sawmills 1,619 143 106 533 172 714

 3212 Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Woods 973 40 55 339 79 459

 321219 Reconstituted Wood Products 154 15 15 59 50 55

 3219 Other Wood Products 5,558 393 360 2,562 160 2,016

322 Paper 3,220 365 410 1,601 330 1,161

 322110 Pulp Mills 28 7 9 17 7 6

 322121 Paper Mills, except Newsprint 165 29 41 105 50 20

 322122 Newsprint Mills 18 6 W 9 7 W

 322130 Paperboard Mills 147 27 32 72 30 42

323 Printing and Related Support 14,005 1,000 849 6,435 583 5,359

324 Petroleum and Coal Products 1,918 200 254 829 91 796

 324110 Petroleum Refineries 174 16 14 121 16 35

 324121 Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block 1,285 150 196 552 55 521

 324122 Asphalt Shingle and Coating Materials 162 28 28 89 W 54

 324199 Other Petroleum and Coal Products 86 W W 44 5 36

325 Chemicals 8,530 683 1,087 4,290 596 2,895

 325110 Petrochemicals 44 7 10 22 0 20

 325120 Industrial Gases 427 92 97 125 W 240

 325180 Other Basic Inorganic Chemicals 511 69 74 271 28 157

 325193 Ethyl Alcohol 211 20 41 119 11 66

 325194 Cyclic Crudes, Intermediate and Gum and Wood Chemicals 69 W 7 37 W 29

 325199 Other Basic Organic Chemicals 518 43 55 331 53 100

 325211 Plastics Materials and Resins 844 70 82 488 115 247

 325212 Synthetic Rubber 85 13 5 45 6 25

 325220 Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments 89 7 10 45 7 33

 325311 Nitrogenous Fertilizers 133 10 10 29 13 88

 325312 Phosphatic Fertilizers 57 5 4 25 W 21

 3254 Pharmaceuticals and Medicines 1,199 122 160 720 70 329

 325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation 601 49 61 359 45 192

 325992 Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemicals 121 8 3 66 4 46

326 Plastics and Rubber Products 8,217 812 1,048 3,552 914 2,326

327 Nonmetallic Mineral Products 12,184 1,374 2,020 6,624 321 3,780

 327120 Clay Building Material and Refractories 446 37 59 237 23 157

 327211 Flat Glass 50 22 8 34 W 9

 327212 Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware 194 4 Q 123 9 49

 327213 Glass Containers 59 W 12 31 W 17

 327215 Glass Products from Purchased Glass 683 47 93 392 34 196

 327310 Cements 189 Q Q 154 16 5

 327410 Lime 83 8 9 47 W 21

 327420 Gypsum 122 W 10 57 W 42

 327993 Mineral Wool 186 16 29 41 10 115

331 Primary Metals 3,138 464 474 1,494 287 1,059

 331110 Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloys 345 63 72 181 28 90

 3312 Steel Products from Purchased Steel 470 47 39 189 41 176

 3313 Alumina and Aluminum 383 50 55 155 33 165

 331314 Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum 96 12 13 44 6 40

 331315 Aluminum Sheet, Plate and Foils 57 8 10 31 W 16

 331318 Other Aluminum Rolling, Drawing and Extruding 191 25 25 65 13 101

 3314 Nonferrous Metals, except Aluminum 662 130 131 296 68 252

 331410 Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining 108 W 44 64 10 28

 3315 Foundries 1,278 174 178 673 117 377

 331511 Iron Foundries 320 65 64 132 Q 75

 331523 Nonferrous Metal Die-Casting Foundaries 254 27 29 151 14 75

 331524 Aluminum Foundries, except Die-Casting 268 26 41 126 18 106

332 Fabricated Metal Products 36,439 2,745 3,524 15,729 1,933 16,189

333 Machinery 15,307 1,070 1,921 7,693 897 5,835

334 Computer and Electronic Products 6,831 565 494 3,438 556 2,264

 334413 Semiconductors and Related Devices 388 85 38 175 55 85

335 Electrical Equip., Appliances, and Components 3,298 367 338 1,613 243 1,218

336 Transportation Equipment 6,603 536 445 3,703 324 2,156

 336111 Automobiles 44 11 13 39 8 4

 336112 Light Trucks and Utility Vehicles 37 6 9 28 6 W

 3364 Aerospace Product and Parts 1,063 99 142 523 41 328

 336411 Aircraft 293 15 35 130 9 120

337 Furniture and Related Products 7,913 639 759 4,039 Q 3,116

339 Miscellaneous 13,001 611 800 4,901 330 6,295

Total 175,107 14,497 17,823 82,368 9,737 66,305

 (a) The Bureau of the Census classifies establishments using the 2012 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 

 * Estimate less than 0.5.

 W=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual establishments.

 Q=Withheld because Relative Standard Error is greater than 50 percent.

 NA=Not available.

 Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.

Participation in Programs Dedicated to Improving Energy Consumption

 (b) The 'Establishments' column includes those units which reported any of the three listed programs for improving energy consumption at anytime in 2014, plus those units where programs for improving energy 

consumption were not ascertained.

 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Consumption and Efficiency Statistics, Form EIA-846, '2014 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey.'
Released: February 2018

Next MECS will be fielded in 2019

RSE Table 8.6 Relative Standard Errors for Table 8.6;

 Unit: Percents.

NAICS Code(a) Subsector and Industry Establishments(b)

Superior Energy 

Performance

Better Buildings, 

Better Plants Energy Star Other Don't Know

Total United States

311 Food 0.0 15.4 14.5 6.0 17.7 9.2

 3112 Grain and Oilseed Milling 0.0 22.1 16.1 10.2 21.1 16.2

 311221 Wet Corn Milling 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 31131 Sugar Manufacturing 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 3114 Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food 0.0 26.9 24.1 9.9 28.4 17.2

 3115 Dairy Product 0.0 19.8 17.7 9.5 19.8 16.2

 3116 Animal Slaughtering and Processing 0.0 19.3 14.6 9.6 25.8 12.3

312 Beverage and Tobacco Products 0.0 20.2 20.8 7.6 22.4 18.4

 3121 Beverages 0.0 20.8 21.3 7.8 22.9 19.0

 3122 Tobacco 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

313 Textile Mills 0.0 33.2 35.4 15.1 42.2 14.1

314 Textile Product Mills 0.0 68.3 59.8 21.4 79.6 29.4

315 Apparel 0.0 83.0 63.7 27.3 89.6 29.7

316 Leather and Allied Products 0.0 44.7 43.2 18.5 16.7 13.8

321 Wood Products 0.0 22.8 24.0 7.6 17.4 8.0

 321113 Sawmills 0.0 19.9 20.8 8.4 23.9 7.5

 3212 Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Woods 0.0 15.8 21.2 14.8 23.2 12.4

 321219 Reconstituted Wood Products 0.0 24.4 27.8 16.7 34.7 20.6

 3219 Other Wood Products 0.0 33.8 35.3 10.1 36.7 12.4

322 Paper 0.0 29.2 30.3 12.4 21.4 17.0

 322110 Pulp Mills 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 322121 Paper Mills, except Newsprint 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 322122 Newsprint Mills 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 322130 Paperboard Mills 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

323 Printing and Related Support 0.0 26.5 28.8 8.2 34.0 9.6

324 Petroleum and Coal Products 0.0 10.6 9.3 4.4 15.0 4.9

 324110 Petroleum Refineries 0.0 26.6 26.6 12.4 26.6 32.1

 324121 Asphalt Paving Mixture and Block 0.0 13.3 10.9 5.8 18.4 5.6

 324122 Asphalt Shingle and Coating Materials 0.0 18.3 15.1 6.4 4.0 9.9

 324199 Other Petroleum and Coal Products 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

325 Chemicals 0.0 17.6 17.1 6.5 18.8 9.3

 325110 Petrochemicals 0.0 20.3 20.3 20.3 X 25.3

 325120 Industrial Gases 0.0 19.5 19.3 19.2 16.1 12.8

 325180 Other Basic Inorganic Chemicals 0.0 38.7 46.4 14.0 28.8 21.1

 325193 Ethyl Alcohol 0.0 16.8 29.3 7.0 12.4 9.7

 325194 Cyclic Crudes, Intermediate and Gum and Wood Chemicals 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 325199 Other Basic Organic Chemicals 0.0 16.4 19.6 9.6 22.7 19.0

 325211 Plastics Materials and Resins 0.0 28.8 31.3 8.9 31.1 16.1

 325212 Synthetic Rubber 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 325220 Artificial and Synthetic Fibers and Filaments 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 325311 Nitrogenous Fertilizers 0.0 29.4 29.3 25.6 33.8 13.2

 325312 Phosphatic Fertilizers 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 3254 Pharmaceuticals and Medicines 0.0 34.3 27.0 9.8 12.8 21.1

 325412 Pharmaceutical Preparation 0.0 22.3 21.2 13.2 17.7 26.0

 325992 Photographic Film, Paper, Plate, and Chemicals 0.0 21.8 21.8 24.2 21.8 32.0

326 Plastics and Rubber Products 0.0 25.1 22.3 9.9 24.4 13.5

327 Nonmetallic Mineral Products 0.0 21.6 17.5 7.1 34.1 11.5

 327120 Clay Building Material and Refractories 0.0 19.8 15.7 9.0 9.2 12.3

 327211 Flat Glass 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 327212 Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware 0.0 20.5 55.6 14.6 23.7 31.5

 327213 Glass Containers 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 327215 Glass Products from Purchased Glass 0.0 19.8 34.2 10.8 22.9 19.3

 327310 Cements 0.0 50.4 52.9 9.8 29.4 29.2

 327410 Lime 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 327420 Gypsum 0.0 16.0 16.0 21.6 16.0 36.4

 327993 Mineral Wool 0.0 25.2 32.0 22.4 29.6 14.3

331 Primary Metals 0.0 9.9 8.1 4.5 13.1 6.5

 331110 Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloys 0.0 14.1 12.2 2.9 3.2 3.2

 3312 Steel Products from Purchased Steel 0.0 24.6 25.7 14.9 27.9 18.9

 3313 Alumina and Aluminum 0.0 7.3 6.8 5.3 4.6 5.8

 331314 Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 331315 Aluminum Sheet, Plate and Foils 0.0 17.1 17.1 14.4 17.1 17.1

 331318 Other Aluminum Rolling, Drawing and Extruding 0.0 13.3 13.4 10.6 9.3 9.1

 3314 Nonferrous Metals, except Aluminum 0.0 22.1 20.6 11.2 23.1 14.7

 331410 Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining 0.0 40.4 38.3 18.0 26.2 26.2

 3315 Foundries 0.0 18.7 13.2 7.4 27.5 12.3

 331511 Iron Foundries 0.0 25.5 25.7 19.4 52.7 18.9

 331523 Nonferrous Metal Die-Casting Foundaries 0.0 19.2 20.5 9.6 11.0 18.8

 331524 Aluminum Foundries, except Die-Casting 0.0 17.2 13.3 9.2 7.7 12.8

332 Fabricated Metal Products 0.0 22.4 19.8 7.5 26.5 7.3

333 Machinery 0.0 24.0 17.3 6.6 25.5 8.5

334 Computer and Electronic Products 0.0 30.2 34.0 9.9 30.6 14.4

 334413 Semiconductors and Related Devices 0.0 38.1 22.1 22.4 29.8 41.8

335 Electrical Equip., Appliances, and Components 0.0 32.8 33.3 13.4 42.8 17.5

336 Transportation Equipment 0.0 29.7 22.1 8.8 40.5 14.6

 336111 Automobiles 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 336112 Light Trucks and Utility Vehicles 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 3364 Aerospace Product and Parts 0.0 21.0 18.0 13.0 21.5 19.5

 336411 Aircraft 0.0 32.0 34.7 30.7 36.9 36.0

337 Furniture and Related Products 0.0 29.4 28.3 9.5 55.6 12.1

339 Miscellaneous 0.0 35.1 29.3 10.4 43.9 8.4

Total 0.0 7.1 6.3 2.4 8.0 2.9

 (a) The Bureau of the Census classifies establishments using the 2012 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). 

 * Estimate less than 0.5.

 W=Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual establishments.

 Q=Withheld because Relative Standard Error is greater than 50 percent.

 NA=Not available.

 X=Not defined because RSE corresponds to a value of zero.

 -- Estimation is not applicable.

 Notes: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.

Participation in Programs Dedicated to Improving Energy Consumption

 (b) The 'Establishments' column includes those units which reported any of the three listed programs for improving energy consumption at anytime in 2014, plus those units where programs for improving energy 

consumption were not ascertained.

 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Consumption and Efficiency Statistics, Form EIA-846, '2014 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey.'