Electricity

Natural 

Gas Propane Electricity

Natural 

Gas Propane

All Buildings .......................................... 4,657 857 437 505 118 67,338 24,681 13,733 16,785 1,754

Building Floorspace

(Square Feet)

1,001 to 5,000 ......................................... 2,348 357 189 189 70 6,774 1,095 574 602 205

5,001 to 10,000 ....................................... 1,110 176 76 121 Q 8,238 1,272 574 877 Q

10,001 to 25,000 ..................................... 708 150 76 80 Q 11,153 2,415 1,249 1,272 Q

25,001 to 50,000 ..................................... 257 72 39 46 5 9,311 2,630 1,432 1,637 184

50,001 to 100,000 ................................... 145 54 30 35 4 10,112 3,901 2,157 2,503 336

100,001 to 200,000 ................................. 59 29 16 19 2 8,271 4,092 2,260 2,705 348

200,001 to 500,000 ................................. 23 14 8 11 Q 6,851 4,254 2,456 3,418 Q

Over 500,000 ........................................... 7 5 3 4 Q 6,628 5,020 3,031 3,770 Q

Principal Building Activity

Education ................................................ 327 106 49 70 6 8,651 5,670 2,913 3,986 444

Food Sales .............................................. 174 85 69 27 Q 994 676 406 373 Q

Food Service ........................................... 349 316 142 220 71 1,851 1,761 858 1,348 273

Health Care ............................................. 127 11 5 8 Q 2,918 1,812 1,078 1,461 Q

 Inpatient ................................................. 11 9 4 8 Q 1,865 1,738 1,016 1,443 Q

 Outpatient .............................................. 116 Q Q Q N 1,053 Q Q Q N

Lodging .................................................... 153 41 17 23 Q 4,521 2,401 920 2,020 Q

Mercantile ................................................ 667 96 58 58 6 10,398 5,218 3,059 3,481 388

 Retail (Other Than Mall) ........................ 534 29 21 Q Q 4,766 811 630 333 Q

 Enclosed and Strip Malls ....................... 133 68 37 44 6 5,631 4,407 2,428 3,149 384

Office ....................................................... 739 19 12 10 Q 12,044 3,149 2,119 1,794 Q

Public Assembly ...................................... 305 101 50 44 Q 4,393 2,027 1,204 1,183 Q

Public Order and Safety .......................... 72 12 Q Q Q 1,168 301 Q Q Q

Religious Worship ................................... 307 51 19 36 Q 3,405 842 428 569 Q

Service .................................................... 478 Q Q Q N 3,388 Q Q Q N

Warehouse and Storage ......................... 603 Q Q Q N 10,477 Q Q Q N

Other ....................................................... 102 Q Q Q Q 1,222 Q Q Q Q

Vacant ..................................................... 253 Q Q Q N 1,908 Q Q Q N

Year Constructed

1919 or Before ......................................... 419 69 12 50 Q 4,034 1,091 425 766 Q

1920 to 1945 ........................................... 499 85 45 53 Q 6,445 2,232 1,132 1,508 Q

1946 to 1959 ........................................... 763 115 47 84 Q 9,127 3,195 1,467 2,416 Q

1960 to 1969 ........................................... 665 131 69 75 Q 10,866 4,178 2,428 2,786 Q

1970 to 1979 ........................................... 774 161 85 95 23 11,840 4,551 2,726 3,071 395

1980 to 1989 ........................................... 846 173 108 69 45 13,931 5,030 3,097 3,173 502

1990 to 1999 ........................................... 690 124 71 78 5 11,094 4,403 2,458 3,065 330

Census Region

Northeast ................................................. 686 141 68 65 36 12,360 5,245 2,680 3,380 523

Midwest ................................................... 1,188 221 92 153 Q 16,761 6,042 3,335 4,445 Q

South ....................................................... 1,762 315 206 160 35 23,485 8,569 5,166 5,345 789

West ........................................................ 1,021 181 71 127 Q 14,731 4,825 2,551 3,614 Q

Workers (main shift)

Fewer than 5 ........................................... 2,376 287 146 145 Q 14,321 1,651 830 778 Q

5 to 9 ....................................................... 807 131 43 75 Q 6,325 1,341 545 836 Q

10 to 19 ................................................... 683 172 92 113 Q 8,028 2,021 879 1,433 Q

20 to 49 ................................................... 487 154 95 99 20 10,814 3,871 2,169 2,595 341

50 to 99 ................................................... 174 65 33 42 5 8,898 4,354 2,354 2,969 338

100 to 249 ............................................... 90 30 16 19 3 8,356 4,305 2,349 2,970 445

250 or More ............................................. 39 18 12 12 Q 10,595 7,138 4,608 5,204 Q

Table B27. Cooking Energy Sources, Number of Buildings and Floorspace, 1999

Cooking Energy Sources

(more than one may apply)

Cooking Energy Sources

(more than one may apply)

Number of Buildings (thousand) Total Floorspace (million square feet)

All

Buildings

All 

Buildings 

with 

Cooking

All

Buildings

All 

Buildings 

with 

Cooking

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Electricity

Natural 

Gas Propane Electricity

Natural 

Gas Propane

Table B27. Cooking Energy Sources, Number of Buildings and Floorspace, 1999

Cooking Energy Sources

(more than one may apply)

Cooking Energy Sources

(more than one may apply)

Number of Buildings (thousand) Total Floorspace (million square feet)

All

Buildings

All 

Buildings 

with 

Cooking

All

Buildings

All 

Buildings 

with 

Cooking

Weekly Operating Hours

39 or Fewer ............................................. 978 93 32 42 Q 6,596 884 440 464 Q

40 to 48 ................................................... 1,156 97 34 57 Q 13,105 2,492 1,142 1,606 Q

49 to 60 ................................................... 986 131 55 80 12 14,200 4,159 2,298 2,646 266

61 to 84 ................................................... 664 188 84 140 19 12,458 6,052 3,464 4,443 284

85 to 167 ................................................. 474 264 182 134 40 9,116 4,659 2,917 2,618 472

Open Continuously .................................. 398 85 49 51 6 11,863 6,435 3,472 5,008 384

Energy Sources (more than

one may apply)

Electricity ................................................. 4,395 857 437 505 118 65,716 24,681 13,733 16,785 1,754

Natural Gas ............................................. 2,670 615 264 505 3 45,525 19,857 10,015 16,785 292

Fuel Oil .................................................... 434 92 47 35 25 13,285 7,840 4,612 5,264 756

District Heat ............................................. 117 28 18 Q Q 5,891 2,487 1,445 1,563 Q

District Chilled Water .............................. 50 6 4 4 Q 2,750 1,047 530 701 Q

Propane ................................................... 451 158 87 5 118 6,290 3,005 1,838 616 1,754

Other ....................................................... 153 47 24 15 Q 2,322 1,331 968 717 Q

Water Heating Energy Sources

(more than one may apply)

Electricity ................................................. 1,546 283 199 111 38 24,171 9,556 6,559 5,166 857

Natural Gas ............................................. 1,520 481 190 412 Q 29,185 14,020 6,875 11,979 Q

Fuel Oil .................................................... 110 35 18 6 17 2,218 1,423 811 654 436

District Heat ............................................. 62 11 8 4 Q 4,182 1,791 979 1,235 Q

Propane ................................................... 130 74 41 Q 55 1,371 778 554 Q 373

Energy End Uses (more than

one may apply)

Buildings with Space Heating .................. 4,016 798 397 475 111 61,602 23,813 13,184 16,256 1,683

Buildings with Cooling ............................. 3,560 792 409 479 95 58,474 23,730 13,247 16,268 1,634

Buildings with Water Heating .................. 3,239 818 410 497 105 56,115 23,830 13,136 16,431 1,635

Buildings with Cooking ............................ 857 857 437 505 118 24,681 24,681 13,733 16,785 1,754

Buildings with Manufacturing ................... 151 Q Q Q Q 3,126 495 Q Q Q

Buildings with Electricity

 Generation .............................................. 172 63 37 43 5 11,882 7,823 4,881 5,615 444

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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