Release date: April 2015

Revised date: May 2016

All

buildings

Space

heating Cooling

Water

heating Cooking

Manufacturing

Electricity 

generation

All buildings 5,557 4,722 4,461 4,423 1,589 259 410

Building floorspace (square feet)

1,001 to 5,000 2,777 2,257 2,062 2,032 673 86 92

5,001 to 10,000 1,229 1,046 1,004 992 376 75 77

10,001 to 25,000 884 797 774 775 257 51 64

25,001 to 50,000 332 304 302 307 108 28 55

50,001 to 100,000 199 187 187 186 96 11 58

100,001 to 200,000 90 86 88 86 48 5 35

200,001 to 500,000 38 36 37 36 25 2 22

Over 500,000 8 8 8 8 6 Q 6

Principal building activity

Education 389 379 361 332 169 Q 38

Food sales 177 160 165 177 111 Q 16

Food service 380 359 358 379 353 Q Q

Health care 157 153 154 156 22 Q 28

Inpatient 10 9 10 10 9 Q 9

Outpatient 147 144 145 146 13 Q 19

Lodging 158 153 145 158 94 Q 34

Mercantile 602 572 560 531 157 28 31

Retail (other than mall) 438 412 396 367 52 Q 20

Enclosed and strip malls 164 160 164 164 105 Q 10

Office 1,012 989 995 943 130 31 94

Public assembly 352 330 295 317 143 Q 21

Public order and safety 84 81 74 80 56 N 59

Religious worship 412 408 375 383 261 Q Q

Service 619 528 435 442 39 46 19

Warehouse and storage 796 420 391 370 33 77 29

Other 125 100 90 98 Q 41 17

Vacant 296 87 63 56 Q Q Q

Year constructed

Before 1920 362 322 275 286 130 15 14

1920 to 1945 488 413 367 383 138 Q 22

1946 to 1959 599 517 477 460 189 21 24

1960 to 1969 639 559 538 540 188 25 57

1970 to 1979 684 599 563 577 195 32 60

1980 to 1989 915 754 730 727 221 51 59

1990 to 1999 845 675 663 631 232 31 63

2000 to 2003 375 322 321 312 102 29 35

2004 to 2007 347 291 293 275 108 19 34

2008 to 2012 303 270 235 231 84 Q 42

Table B24. Energy end uses, number of buildings, 2012

Energy used for (more than one may apply)

Number of buildings (thousand)
All

buildings

Space

heating Cooling

Water

heating Cooking

Manufacturing

Electricity 

generation

All buildings 5,557 4,722 4,461 4,423 1,589 259 410

Table B24. Energy end uses, number of buildings, 2012

Energy used for (more than one may apply)

Number of buildings (thousand)

Census region and division

Northeast 805 727 592 671 249 44 107

New England 302 264 187 235 104 20 39

Middle Atlantic 504 463 405 436 145 25 68

Midwest 1,237 1,096 970 1,014 370 55 84

East North Central 735 670 601 629 233 29 53

West North Central 502 426 370 385 137 26 31

South 2,247 1,842 1,891 1,740 664 83 141

South Atlantic 1,091 873 935 856 307 31 71

East South Central 370 336 335 325 144 Q 29

West South Central 786 633 621 560 213 41 40

West 1,267 1,057 1,007 997 306 77 78

Mountain 338 293 259 260 84 Q 19

Pacific 929 764 748 737 222 63 59

Climate region1

Very cold/Cold 2,031 1,792 1,497 1,639 574 110 186

Mixed-humid 1,743 1,545 1,482 1,445 558 57 115

Mixed-dry/Hot-dry 837 676 682 635 188 Q 47

Hot-humid 799 593 699 590 230 32 51

Marine 147 116 101 113 39 Q 10

Number of workers (main shift)

Fewer than 5 2,892 2,184 1,932 1,917 660 92 89

5 to 9 1,085 1,020 999 977 308 61 67

10 to 19 731 692 699 700 271 42 65

20 to 49 513 494 498 495 197 44 63

50 to 99 206 203 203 203 92 13 58

100 to 249 93 92 93 93 40 5 45

250 or more 37 37 37 37 21 2 23

Weekly operating hours

Fewer than 40 1,149 815 690 703 329 Q 28

40 to 48 1,346 1,230 1,168 1,107 228 93 83

49 to 60 1,244 1,143 1,084 1,063 251 95 87

61 to 84 764 672 669 676 290 32 42

85 to 167 479 414 419 428 249 14 43

Open continuously 575 448 431 447 242 10 126
All

buildings

Space

heating Cooling

Water

heating Cooking

Manufacturing

Electricity 

generation

All buildings 5,557 4,722 4,461 4,423 1,589 259 410

Table B24. Energy end uses, number of buildings, 2012

Energy used for (more than one may apply)

Number of buildings (thousand)

Ownership and occupancy

Nongovernment owned 4,781 4,028 3,817 3,791 1,359 248 266

Owner occupied 2,466 2,198 2,046 2,048 854 130 160

Leased to tenant(s) 1,745 1,458 1,421 1,401 416 100 75

Owner occupied and leased 349 325 324 316 82 18 30

Unoccupied 221 47 26 26 Q N Q

Government owned 776 694 644 632 230 10 144

Federal 33 33 33 33 8 Q 6

State 185 168 159 146 40 Q 27

Local 558 493 452 452 182 Q 111

Energy sources

(more than one may apply)

Electricity 5,234 4,717 4,461 4,423 1,589 259 410

Natural gas 2,933 2,888 2,700 2,742 1,087 153 270

Fuel oil 467 455 360 411 166 25 214

District heat 48 48 44 45 14 Q 15

District chilled water 54 51 54 51 9 Q 12

Propane 510 491 420 466 234 43 79

Other 172 172 126 141 60 Q 73

Energy end uses

(more than one may apply)

Buildings with space heating 4,722 4,722 4,272 4,237 1,525 234 400

Buildings with cooling 4,461 4,272 4,461 4,097 1,497 217 386

Buildings with water heating 4,423 4,237 4,097 4,423 1,573 228 395

Buildings with cooking 1,589 1,525 1,497 1,573 1,589 64 202

Buildings with manufacturing 259 234 217 228 64 259 18

Buildings with electricity

generation 410 400 386 395 202 18 410

Food preparation or serving areas 

in non-food service buildings

(more than one may apply)

Snack bar or concession stand 153 142 147 150 153 Q 32

Fast food or small restaurant 173 165 172 173 173 Q 32

Cafeteria or large restaurant 130 128 124 130 130 Q 47

Commercial kitchen/

food preparation area 282 276 275 282 282 14 74

Small kitchen area 736 715 679 723 736 30 86

Separate computer areas

(more than one may apply)

Data center or server farm 97 93 96 94 35 6 52

Computer-based training room 244 233 242 241 109 9 64

Student or public computer center 238 236 230 230 138 Q 46
All

buildings

Space

heating Cooling

Water

heating Cooking

Manufacturing

Electricity 

generation

All buildings 5,557 4,722 4,461 4,423 1,589 259 410

Table B24. Energy end uses, number of buildings, 2012

Energy used for (more than one may apply)

Number of buildings (thousand)

 1These climate regions were created by the Building America program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency 

and Renewable Energy (EERE). 

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

 N = No cases in reporting sample.

 Notes: ● Because of rounding, data may not sum to totals. ● See Guide to the 2012 CBECS Detailed Tables or CBECS Terminology for definition 

of terms used in these tables and/or comparison of differences with prior CBECS tables. Both references can be accessed from 

http://www.eia.gov/consumption/commercial/data/2012/

 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Consumption and Efficiency Statistics, Form EIA-871A of the 2012 Commercial 

Buildings Energy Consumption Survey.