Space 

Heating Cooling

Water

Heating Cooking

Manufacturing

All Buildings* .................................. 4,645 3,982 3,625 3,472 801 119

Building Floorspace

(Square Feet)

1,001 to 5,000 ................................... 2,552 2,100 1,841 1,715 354 Q

5,001 to 10,000 ................................. 889 782 732 725 155 29

10,001 to 25,000 ............................... 738 659 629 607 127 28

25,001 to 50,000 ............................... 241 225 216 217 69 Q

50,001 to 100,000 ............................. 129 123 118 119 50 8

100,001 to 200,000 ........................... 65 62 60 60 28 3

200,001 to 500,000 ........................... 25 24 23 23 14 2

Over 500,000 .................................... 7 6 6 6 4Q

Principal Building Activity

Education .......................................... 386 382 352 298 125 Q

Food Sales ....................................... 226 188 210 186 84 Q

Food Service ..................................... 297 282 283 297 284 Q

Health Care ....................................... 129 124 129 127 12 Q

 Inpatient .......................................... 8 8 8 8 7Q

 Outpatient ....................................... 121 116 121 119 Q Q

Lodging ............................................. 142 142 130 142 47 Q

Retail (Other Than Mall)..................... 443 408 406 314 14 Q

Office ................................................ 824 802 790 733 23 19

Public Assembly ............................... 277 258 213 227 73 Q

Public Order and Safety .................... 71 70 61 70 14 N

Religious Worship ............................. 370 359 308 315 108 N

Service .............................................. 622 515 370 418 Q Q

Warehouse and Storage ................... 597 316 266 243 Q 44

Other ................................................ 79 67 57 55 Q 23

Vacant .............................................. 182 69 52 47 Q N

Year Constructed

Before 1920 ...................................... 330 302 232 266 71 Q

1920 to 1945 ..................................... 527 442 382 367 87 Q

1946 to 1959 ..................................... 562 493 430 416 119 Q

1960 to 1969 ..................................... 579 524 467 444 92 17

1970 to 1979 ..................................... 731 648 609 582 112 28

1980 to 1989 ..................................... 707 618 577 531 112 14

1990 to 1999 ..................................... 876 719 695 642 144 19

2000 to 2003 ..................................... 334 236 234 224 65 Q

Census Region

Northeast .......................................... 726 672 519 600 157 30

Midwest ............................................ 1,266 1,112 957 987 206 30

South ................................................ 1,775 1,462 1,479 1,217 304 33

West ................................................. 878 735 671 668 134 26

Climate Zone: 30-Year Average

Under 2,000 CDD and --

 More than 7,000 HDD ..................... 855 752 578 683 145 28

 5,500-7,000 HDD ............................ 1,173 1,055 882 926 227 24

 4,000-5,499 HDD ............................ 673 626 582 554 102 21

 Fewer than 4,000 HDD ................... 1,276 1,051 1,003 883 210 38

2,000 CDD or More and --

 Fewer than 4,000 HDD ................... 669 498 580 426 116 Q

Table B24. Energy End Uses, Number of Buildings for Non-Mall Buildings, 

2003

Energy Used For 

(more than one may apply)

All

Buildings*

Number of Buildings (thousand)

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Space 

Heating Cooling

Water

Heating Cooking

Manufacturing

All Buildings* .................................. 4,645 3,982 3,625 3,472 801 119

Table B24. Energy End Uses, Number of Buildings for Non-Mall Buildings, 

2003

Energy Used For 

(more than one may apply)

All

Buildings*

Number of Buildings (thousand)

Number of Workers (main shift)

Fewer than 5 ..................................... 2,653 2,080 1,746 1,653 301 48

5 to 9 ................................................ 778 733 725 675 152 Q

10 to 19 ............................................. 563 536 523 514 134 19

20 to 49 ............................................. 398 387 386 384 115 21

50 to 99 ............................................. 147 141 139 142 53 Q

100 to 249 ......................................... 77 76 76 75 31 3

250 or More ...................................... 30 29 30 30 14 2

Weekly Operating Hours

Fewer than 40 ................................... 1,002 751 595 580 127 Q

40 to 48 ............................................. 1,117 1,037 951 856 72 47

49 to 60 ............................................. 1,062 965 883 845 141 46

61 to 84 ............................................. 591 535 521 506 169 8

85 to 167 ........................................... 400 331 338 330 174 Q

Open Continuously ........................... 475 364 338 356 117 4

Energy Sources (more than

one may apply)

Electricity .......................................... 4,404 3,971 3,623 3,470 801 119

Natural Gas ...................................... 2,391 2,344 2,153 2,126 564 70

Fuel Oil ............................................. 451 443 298 376 115 25

District Heat ...................................... 67 67 55 61 9 Q

District Chilled Water ........................ 33 32 33 31 6 Q

Propane ............................................ 502 489 399 428 148 31

Other ................................................ 132 132 78 95 17 Q

Energy End Uses (more than

one may apply)

Buildings with Space Heating ............ 3,982 3,982 3,469 3,337 764 111

Buildings with Cooling ....................... 3,625 3,469 3,625 3,112 743 92

Buildings with Water Heating ............ 3,472 3,337 3,112 3,472 787 102

Buildings with Cooking ...................... 801 764 743 787 801 9

Buildings with Manufacturing ............ 119 111 92 102 9 119

Buildings with Electricity

 Generation ....................................... 149 148 144 143 58 4

Energy-Related Space Functions

(more than one may apply)

Commercial Food Preparation .......... 799 762 742 785 799 9

Activities with Large

 Amounts of Hot Water ..................... 567 550 516 567 322 16

Separate Computer Area .................. 553 539 533 516 149 19

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 2003 

Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey. 

See "Guide to the Tables" or "Glossary" for further explanations of the terms used in this table. Both can be accessed from 

the CBECS web site - http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cbecs.

 * Figures in this table do not include enclosed malls and strip malls. Mall buildings add an estimated 213 thousand 

buildings comprising 6.9 billion square feet.

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.

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