Walk-In

Open 

Cases or 

Cabinets

Closed 

Cases or 

Cabinets Walk-In

Open 

Cases or 

Cabinets

Closed 

Cases or 

Cabinets

All Buildings ............................................... 4,657 950 658 255 719 67,338 25,652 19,713 8,808 19,938

Building Floorspace

(Square Feet)

1,001 to 5,000 .............................................. 2,348 479 356 116 378 6,774 1,370 1,059 309 1,123

5,001 to 10,000 ............................................ 1,110 152 101 62 113 8,238 1,135 736 498 854

10,001 to 25,000 .......................................... 708 135 67 20 90 11,153 2,186 1,069 320 1,505

25,001 to 50,000 .......................................... 257 78 51 18 58 9,311 2,873 1,877 651 2,098

50,001 to 100,000 ........................................ 145 56 41 19 41 10,112 4,051 2,980 1,351 2,976

100,001 to 200,000 ...................................... 59 31 25 12 22 8,271 4,398 3,584 1,726 3,175

200,001 to 500,000 ...................................... 23 14 13 5 12 6,851 4,376 3,869 1,491 3,607

Over 500,000 ............................................... 7 6 5 2 5 6,628 5,262 4,539 2,462 4,599

Principal Building Activity

Education .................................................... 327 84 51 16 57 8,651 5,423 4,199 1,433 3,757

Food Sales .................................................. 174 159 127 57 113 994 962 737 601 781

Food Service ............................................... 349 334 261 90 273 1,851 1,783 1,576 514 1,287

Health Care ................................................. 127 12 7 3 10 2,918 1,931 1,749 762 1,660

 Inpatient ..................................................... 11 9 6 2 8 1,865 1,749 1,693 708 1,502

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

Lodging ........................................................ 153 30 20 6 23 4,521 2,360 1,973 458 2,022

Mercantile .................................................... 667 178 127 68 136 10,398 5,600 4,424 3,020 4,788

 Retail (Other Than Mall) ............................ 534 97 66 Q 70 4,766 1,090 609 414 864

 Enclosed and Strip Malls ........................... 133 81 61 41 67 5,631 4,509 3,816 2,606 3,924

Office ........................................................... 739 26 17 5 15 12,044 3,331 2,350 1,370 2,742

Public Assembly .......................................... 305 61 23 Q 44 4,393 1,664 959 378 1,398

Public Order and Safety .............................. 72 Q 3 Q Q 1,168 221 163 Q Q

Religious Worship ....................................... 307 21 Q Q 19 3,405 574 Q Q 427

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

Warehouse and Storage ............................. 603 20 10 Q Q 10,477 1,177 948 Q 414

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

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

Year Constructed

1919 or Before ............................................. 419 61 32 Q 52 4,034 940 424 Q 854

1920 to 1945 ................................................ 499 104 70 Q 98 6,445 2,176 1,551 318 1,896

1946 to 1959 ................................................ 763 119 77 46 79 9,127 3,063 2,096 1,163 2,325

1960 to 1969 ................................................ 665 123 76 17 97 10,866 4,490 3,636 1,397 3,260

1970 to 1979 ................................................ 774 176 149 58 124 11,840 4,937 4,051 1,990 3,930

1980 to 1989 ................................................ 846 229 143 68 177 13,931 5,450 4,270 1,793 4,089

1990 to 1999 ................................................ 690 139 113 40 92 11,094 4,595 3,685 1,977 3,583

Census Region

Northeast ..................................................... 686 143 101 33 94 12,360 5,536 4,335 1,917 4,489

Midwest ....................................................... 1,188 244 164 52 194 16,761 6,252 4,580 1,798 5,038

South ........................................................... 1,762 351 230 97 277 23,485 8,734 6,809 3,205 6,606

West ............................................................ 1,021 212 164 73 154 14,731 5,130 3,988 1,887 3,804

Workers (main shift)

Fewer than 5 ................................................ 2,376 349 215 Q 266 14,321 1,586 789 Q 1,245

5 to 9 ............................................................ 807 151 90 31 122 6,325 1,207 545 187 915

10 to 19 ........................................................ 683 178 152 57 118 8,028 2,144 1,547 490 1,466

20 to 49 ........................................................ 487 146 98 35 117 10,814 3,938 2,551 1,084 2,958

50 to 99 ........................................................ 174 76 61 28 55 8,898 4,698 3,841 1,645 3,482

100 to 249 .................................................... 90 32 28 12 26 8,356 4,752 4,444 1,638 3,700

250 or More ................................................. 39 18 14 8 15 10,595 7,328 5,996 3,466 6,172

Table B36. Refrigeration Equipment, Number of Buildings and Floorspace, 1999

Type of Equipment 

(more than one may apply)

Type of Equipment 

(more than one may apply)

All 

Buildings

All Buildings 

with 

Refrigeration 

Equipment

All

Buildings

All Buildings 

with 

Refrigeration 

Equipment

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

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Table B36. Refrigeration Equipment, Number of Buildings and Floorspace, 1999

Type of Equipment 

(more than one may apply)

Type of Equipment 

(more than one may apply)

All 

Buildings

All Buildings 

with 

Refrigeration 

Equipment

All

Buildings

All Buildings 

with 

Refrigeration 

Equipment

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

Weekly Operating Hours

39 or Fewer ................................................. 978 62 13 Q 58 6,596 743 340 Q 625

40 to 48 ........................................................ 1,156 97 63 21 52 13,105 2,581 1,711 645 1,629

49 to 60 ........................................................ 986 148 75 41 120 14,200 4,230 2,979 1,417 3,227

61 to 84 ........................................................ 664 210 154 49 156 12,458 6,035 4,618 2,311 4,862

85 to 167 ...................................................... 474 321 260 102 262 9,116 5,198 4,052 1,971 4,079

Open Continuously ...................................... 398 113 93 31 71 11,863 6,865 6,013 2,371 5,515

Multibuilding Facility Activity

Not Part of a Multibuilding

 Facility ........................................................ 3,295 778 543 206 589 41,289 16,109 12,270 5,051 12,320

College or University ................................... 70 5 3 Q 4 2,605 445 343 Q 362

Primary or Secondary School ...................... 224 37 27 9 23 3,388 1,797 1,591 685 1,059

Office Complex ............................................ 134 6 4 2 5 3,353 1,131 783 508 972

Retail Complex ............................................ 181 56 35 26 44 3,555 2,064 1,543 1,307 1,864

Religious Campus or Complex .................... 186 9 Q Q 8 1,907 408 Q Q 346

Health Care Complex .................................. 72 10 8 2 6 2,339 1,482 1,396 598 1,228

Government Complex ................................. 61 4 Q Q 3 1,513 535 Q Q 476

Other ............................................................ 434 45 35 Q 38 7,389 1,680 1,374 433 1,312

Energy Sources (more than

one may apply)

Electricity ..................................................... 4,395 950 658 255 719 65,716 25,652 19,713 8,808 19,938

Natural Gas ................................................. 2,670 652 466 182 492 45,525 20,198 16,098 7,308 15,642

Fuel Oil ........................................................ 434 97 46 13 85 13,285 8,214 6,849 2,917 6,781

District Heat ................................................. 117 25 21 Q 13 5,891 2,541 1,990 801 2,179

District Chilled Water ................................... 50 7 5 1 6 2,750 1,170 804 382 1,026

Propane ....................................................... 451 134 83 26 111 6,290 2,819 2,252 914 2,242

Other ............................................................ 153 47 20 Q 41 2,322 1,256 1,051 460 1,004

Energy End Uses (more than

one may apply)

Buildings with Space Heating ...................... 4,016 859 594 238 639 61,602 24,514 18,993 8,459 19,004

Buildings with Cooling ................................. 3,560 896 640 252 671 58,474 24,720 19,288 8,670 19,118

Buildings with Water Heating ...................... 3,239 905 647 252 680 56,115 24,625 19,141 8,569 19,106

Buildings with Cooking ................................ 857 682 488 188 532 24,681 21,775 17,386 8,113 17,428

Buildings with Manufacturing ....................... 151 12 5 Q Q 3,126 691 569 Q 474

Buildings with Electricity

 Generation .................................................. 172 60 50 16 48 11,882 8,172 7,044 3,378 6,819

Energy-Related Space Functions

(more than one may apply)

Commercial Food Preparation .................... 767 640 465 178 498 23,328 21,054 16,962 7,863 16,837

Activities with Large

 Amounts of Hot Water ................................ 698 408 299 114 311 21,793 16,721 13,876 6,103 13,362

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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