Space 

Heating Cooling

Water 

Heating Cooking

ManufacturingSpace 

Heating Cooling

Water 

Heating Cooking

Manufacturing

All Buildings ......................................... 4,657 4,016 3,560 3,239 857 151 67,338 61,602 58,474 56,115 24,681 3,126

Building Floorspace

(Square Feet)

1,001 to 5,000 ........................................ 2,348 1,982 1,680 1,456 357 Q 6,774 5,684 4,879 4,280 1,095 Q

5,001 to 10,000 ...................................... 1,110 946 828 778 176 36 8,238 7,090 6,212 5,748 1,272 318

10,001 to 25,000 .................................... 708 629 611 574 150 28 11,153 9,865 9,530 9,000 2,415 519

25,001 to 50,000 .................................... 257 237 223 222 72 11 9,311 8,565 8,116 8,088 2,630 390

50,001 to 100,000 .................................. 145 137 134 127 54 9 10,112 9,597 9,401 8,887 3,901 600

100,001 to 200,000 ................................ 59 57 55 54 29 3 8,271 7,893 7,609 7,527 4,092 478

200,001 to 500,000 ................................ 23 22 21 21 14 1 6,851 6,445 6,345 6,258 4,254 283

Over 500,000 ......................................... 77775 Q 6,628 6,465 6,382 6,327 5,020 Q

Principal Building Activity

Education ............................................... 327 326 274 240 106 Q 8,651 8,612 7,973 8,059 5,670 Q

Food Sales ............................................. 174 149 166 163 85 Q 994 880 978 951 676 Q

Food Service .......................................... 349 321 324 349 316 Q 1,851 1,721 1,760 1,846 1,761 Q

Health Care ............................................ 127 127 127 126 11 Q 2,918 2,918 2,815 2,903 1,812 Q

 Inpatient ............................................... 11 11 11 11 9 Q 1,865 1,865 1,762 1,862 1,738 Q

 Outpatient ............................................. 116 116 116 115 Q N 1,053 1,053 1,053 1,040 Q N

Lodging .................................................. 153 150 126 149 41 Q 4,521 4,424 4,051 4,442 2,401 Q

Mercantile ............................................... 667 626 632 439 96 Q 10,398 9,848 10,174 8,698 5,218 Q

 Retail (Other Than Mall) ....................... 534 502 499 323 29 Q 4,766 4,615 4,573 3,453 811 Q

 Enclosed and Strip Malls ..................... 133 123 132 116 68 Q 5,631 5,233 5,601 5,244 4,407 Q

Office ...................................................... 739 728 716 615 19 Q 12,044 11,810 11,782 10,872 3,149 441

Public Assembly ..................................... 305 274 232 249 101 Q 4,393 4,015 3,859 3,893 2,027 Q

Public Order and Safety ......................... 72 61 32 41 12 Q 1,168 1,021 760 830 301 Q

Religious Worship .................................. 307 306 232 252 51 N 3,405 3,383 2,765 3,109 842 N

Service ................................................... 478 421 289 280 Q 25 3,388 3,027 2,481 2,351 Q 325

Warehouse and Storage ........................ 603 357 308 227 Q 51 10,477 8,104 7,621 6,743 Q 1,634

Other ...................................................... 102 84 76 64 Q Q 1,222 1,086 1,087 983 Q Q

Vacant .................................................... 253 84 27 44 Q Q 1,908 754 368 436 Q Q

Year Constructed

1919 or Before ....................................... 419 350 260 277 69 Q 4,034 3,593 2,911 3,130 1,091 Q

1920 to 1945 .......................................... 499 430 313 311 85 Q 6,445 5,559 4,383 4,644 2,232 Q

1946 to 1959 .......................................... 763 666 589 493 115 28 9,127 8,402 7,601 7,154 3,195 535

1960 to 1969 .......................................... 665 557 496 493 131 19 10,866 9,966 9,325 9,421 4,178 409

1970 to 1979 .......................................... 774 691 649 592 161 32 11,840 10,916 11,050 10,182 4,551 555

1980 to 1989 .......................................... 846 713 702 623 173 37 13,931 12,566 12,849 12,137 5,030 744

1990 to 1999 .......................................... 690 608 549 450 124 Q 11,094 10,600 10,355 9,446 4,403 485

Census Region

Northeast ................................................ 686 601 473 515 141 22 12,360 11,667 10,311 10,577 5,245 568

Midwest .................................................. 1,188 1,049 861 776 221 18 16,761 15,916 14,371 13,702 6,042 818

South ...................................................... 1,762 1,503 1,506 1,179 315 87 23,485 20,598 21,549 19,014 8,569 1,035

West ....................................................... 1,021 863 720 769 181 24 14,731 13,421 12,243 12,822 4,825 706

Climate Zone: 45-Year Average

Under 2,000 CDD and --

 More than 7,000 HDD .......................... 525 475 366 396 97 Q 5,890 5,669 4,804 5,090 2,213 319

 5,500-7,000 HDD ................................. 986 870 711 674 189 9 17,083 16,206 14,289 14,123 6,319 571

 4,000-5,499 HDD ................................. 1,085 950 766 751 200 43 16,243 15,292 13,999 13,800 6,558 869

 Fewer than 4,000 HDD ........................ 1,134 997 913 836 211 34 16,333 14,923 14,535 14,128 5,519 827

2,000 CDD or More and --

 Fewer than 4,000 HDD ........................ 926 724 803 582 160 53 11,788 9,512 10,847 8,973 4,072 540

Table B19. Energy End Uses, Number of Buildings and Floorspace, 1999

Energy Used For 

(more than one may apply)

Energy Used For 

(more than one may apply)

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

All

Buildings

All

Buildings

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Space 

Heating Cooling

Water 

Heating Cooking

ManufacturingSpace 

Heating Cooling

Water 

Heating Cooking

Manufacturing

Table B19. Energy End Uses, Number of Buildings and Floorspace, 1999

Energy Used For 

(more than one may apply)

Energy Used For 

(more than one may apply)

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

All

Buildings

All

Buildings

Workers (main shift)

Fewer than 5 .......................................... 2,376 1,835 1,513 1,312 287 Q 14,321 10,552 8,704 8,401 1,651 Q

5 to 9 ...................................................... 807 773 681 643 131 24 6,325 6,020 5,291 5,145 1,341 230

10 to 19 .................................................. 683 667 636 586 172 31 8,028 7,762 7,409 7,000 2,021 477

20 to 49 .................................................. 487 456 433 417 154 29 10,814 10,347 9,930 9,445 3,871 645

50 to 99 .................................................. 174 166 169 159 65 12 8,898 8,536 8,519 8,166 4,354 544

100 to 249 .............................................. 90 81 88 85 30 3 8,356 8,053 8,129 7,760 4,305 436

250 or More ............................................ 39 38 39 36 18 2 10,595 10,333 10,491 10,199 7,138 544

Weekly Operating Hours

39 or Fewer ............................................ 978 638 439 427 93 Q 6,596 4,217 3,113 3,340 884 Q

40 to 48 .................................................. 1,156 1,068 968 779 97 47 13,105 12,090 11,041 10,049 2,492 753

49 to 60 .................................................. 986 943 850 746 131 43 14,200 13,677 13,225 12,280 4,159 717

61 to 84 .................................................. 664 598 563 521 188 24 12,458 11,787 11,701 11,334 6,052 607

85 to 167 ................................................ 474 407 436 436 264 5 9,116 8,399 8,528 8,041 4,659 423

Open Continuously ................................. 398 361 304 330 85 Q 11,863 11,432 10,866 11,070 6,435 474

Energy Sources (more than

one may apply)

Electricity ................................................ 4,395 4,008 3,560 3,239 857 151 65,716 61,565 58,474 56,115 24,681 3,126

Natural Gas ............................................ 2,670 2,588 2,335 2,191 615 77 45,525 44,385 42,147 41,366 19,857 2,322

Fuel Oil ................................................... 434 432 302 288 92 35 13,285 13,074 12,185 11,852 7,840 555

District Heat ........................................... 117 116 97 101 28 Q 5,891 5,862 5,165 5,301 2,487 Q

District Chilled Water ............................. 50 49 50 37 6 Q 2,750 2,739 2,750 2,455 1,047 Q

Propane .................................................. 451 434 318 334 158 Q 6,290 6,076 5,415 5,409 3,005 403

Other ...................................................... 153 149 107 89 47 Q 2,322 2,276 2,069 1,887 1,331 Q

Energy End Uses (more than

one may apply)

Buildings with Space Heating ................ 4,016 4,016 3,400 3,087 798 143 61,602 61,602 56,361 54,204 23,813 3,031

Buildings with Cooling ............................ 3,560 3,400 3,560 2,915 792 129 58,474 56,361 58,474 52,589 23,730 2,861

Buildings with Water Heating ................. 3,239 3,087 2,915 3,239 818 89 56,115 54,204 52,589 56,115 23,830 2,364

Buildings with Cooking ........................... 857 798 792 818 857 Q 24,681 23,813 23,730 23,830 24,681 495

Buildings with Manufacturing ................. 151 143 129 89 Q 151 3,126 3,031 2,861 2,364 495 3,126

Buildings with Electricity

 Generation ............................................ 172 169 149 143 63 Q 11,882 11,643 11,538 11,079 7,823 330

Energy-Related Space Functions

(more than one may apply)

Commercial Food Preparation ............... 767 711 716 733 767 Q 23,328 22,488 22,457 22,563 23,328 478

Activities with Large

 Amounts of Hot Water .......................... 698 674 635 698 422 Q 21,793 21,325 20,687 21,793 16,513 584

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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