Release date: April 2015

Revised date: May 2016

All

buildings

ElectricityNatural

gas Propane

All

buildings

Electricity

Natural

gas Propane

All buildings 5,557 1,589 1,010 740 144 87,093 38,546 25,151 24,770 2,001

Building floorspace (square feet)

1,001 to 5,000 2,777 673 441 265 77 8,041 2,073 1,351 819 242

5,001 to 10,000 1,229 376 225 168 37 8,900 2,733 1,625 1,252 281

10,001 to 25,000 884 257 167 126 17 14,105 4,134 2,651 2,124 253

25,001 to 50,000 332 108 63 64 Q 11,917 3,858 2,279 2,271 Q

50,001 to 100,000 199 96 63 62 6 13,918 6,870 4,530 4,526 367

100,001 to 200,000 90 48 31 33 Q 12,415 6,587 4,204 4,677 Q

200,001 to 500,000 38 25 16 18 Q 10,724 6,969 4,658 5,172 Q

Over 500,000 8 6 4 4 Q 7,074 5,322 3,854 3,930 Q

Principal building activity

Education 389 169 116 86 7 12,239 8,479 5,876 5,686 420

Food sales 177 111 79 38 Q 1,252 943 651 588 Q

Food service 380 353 183 246 40 1,819 1,738 847 1,263 213

Health care 157 22 19 8 Q 4,155 2,649 1,952 1,989 Q

Inpatient 10 9 5 7 Q 2,374 2,230 1,564 1,826 Q

Outpatient 147 13 13 Q Q 1,781 419 388 Q Q

Lodging 158 94 52 49 14 5,826 4,293 2,250 3,167 362

Mercantile 602 157 101 92 Q 11,330 6,396 4,107 4,886 Q

Retail (other than mall) 438 52 43 9 Q 5,439 1,773 1,250 984 Q

Enclosed and strip malls 164 105 58 83 Q 5,890 4,623 2,858 3,902 Q

Office 1,012 130 101 39 Q 15,952 5,230 3,637 2,799 Q

Public assembly 352 143 89 46 24 5,559 2,751 1,980 1,484 241

Public order and safety 84 56 38 16 Q 1,440 912 622 455 Q

Religious worship 412 261 167 93 Q 4,557 3,394 1,966 1,799 Q

Service 619 39 28 Q Q 4,630 517 447 Q Q

Warehouse and storage 796 33 26 Q Q 13,077 922 669 Q Q

Other 125 Q Q Q Q 2,002 Q Q Q Q

Vacant 296 Q Q Q Q 3,256 Q Q Q Q

Year constructed

Before 1920 362 130 82 45 Q 3,983 1,493 998 656 Q

1920 to 1945 488 138 84 73 Q 6,025 2,711 1,819 1,512 Q

1946 to 1959 599 189 109 96 19 7,381 3,409 1,948 2,274 196

1960 to 1969 639 188 108 105 Q 10,362 4,644 2,862 3,360 Q

1970 to 1979 684 195 130 93 14 10,846 4,837 2,990 3,265 262

1980 to 1989 915 221 148 103 9 15,230 6,545 4,342 4,168 360

1990 to 1999 845 232 145 113 27 13,803 6,517 4,293 4,387 452

2000 to 2003 375 102 75 38 Q 7,215 2,874 2,126 1,752 Q

2004 to 2007 347 108 69 40 Q 6,524 3,140 1,942 1,984 Q

2008 to 2012 303 84 60 34 Q 5,723 2,375 1,831 1,410 Q

Total floorspace (million square feet)

Buildings 

with 

cooking

Cooking energy sources

used (more than one 

may apply)

Table B33. Cooking energy sources, number of buildings and floorspace, 2012

Number of buildings (thousand)

Cooking energy sources

used (more than one 

may apply)

Buildings 

with 

cooking
All

buildings

ElectricityNatural

gas Propane

All

buildings

Electricity

Natural

gas Propane

All buildings 5,557 1,589 1,010 740 144 87,093 38,546 25,151 24,770 2,001

Total floorspace (million square feet)

Buildings 

with 

cooking

Cooking energy sources

used (more than one 

may apply)

Table B33. Cooking energy sources, number of buildings and floorspace, 2012

Number of buildings (thousand)

Cooking energy sources

used (more than one 

may apply)

Buildings 

with 

cooking

Census region and division

Northeast 805 249 120 123 48 15,534 8,177 4,677 5,357 779

New England 302 104 53 33 Q 4,302 2,053 1,143 1,015 486

Middle Atlantic 504 145 67 90 10 11,232 6,124 3,534 4,341 293

Midwest 1,237 370 260 163 28 18,919 8,726 6,159 5,642 328

East North Central 735 233 161 120 Q 12,742 6,175 4,211 4,293 Q

West North Central 502 137 99 43 23 6,178 2,551 1,949 1,349 211

South 2,247 664 439 286 53 34,279 14,381 9,812 8,572 663

South Atlantic 1,091 307 206 124 31 17,981 7,925 5,446 4,427 510

East South Central 370 144 98 59 Q 4,904 2,255 1,544 1,487 Q

West South Central 786 213 135 103 Q 11,394 4,201 2,822 2,658 Q

West 1,267 306 191 168 Q 18,360 7,262 4,503 5,200 230

Mountain 338 84 58 36 Q 4,981 2,420 1,522 1,694 Q

Pacific 929 222 133 132 Q 13,379 4,842 2,981 3,506 Q

Climate region1

Very cold/Cold 2,031 574 360 251 70 31,898 14,975 9,761 9,670 1,008

Mixed-humid 1,743 558 353 268 44 27,873 13,469 9,042 8,466 503

Mixed-dry/Hot-dry 837 188 111 113 Q 12,037 4,029 2,299 3,055 Q

Hot-humid 799 230 162 81 22 12,831 5,098 3,437 2,873 391

Marine 147 39 24 27 Q 2,454 975 612 706 Q

Number of workers (main shift)

Fewer than 5 2,892 660 416 243 81 17,751 4,138 2,425 1,747 510

5 to 9 1,085 308 206 131 Q 8,973 2,501 1,747 1,095 Q

10 to 19 731 271 163 141 22 9,623 3,203 2,080 1,501 250

20 to 49 513 197 124 121 Q 14,514 6,481 3,839 4,502 Q

50 to 99 206 92 62 61 5 13,476 7,501 5,012 5,178 438

100 to 249 93 40 25 30 2 10,941 6,181 3,989 4,852 268

250 or more 37 21 14 13 Q 11,815 8,540 6,060 5,895 Q

Weekly operating hours

Fewer than 40 1,149 329 219 103 29 8,220 2,921 1,784 1,340 143

40 to 48 1,346 228 160 83 Q 15,828 4,974 3,446 2,792 Q

49 to 60 1,244 251 171 107 Q 20,529 6,900 4,845 3,813 Q

61 to 84 764 290 156 182 30 15,867 8,122 5,158 5,830 323

85 to 167 479 249 149 154 25 9,395 4,615 3,007 3,146 343

Open continuously 575 242 155 110 32 17,253 11,014 6,911 7,849 703

Ownership and occupancy

Nongovernment owned 4,781 1,359 846 646 125 67,550 26,909 16,711 17,556 1,424

Owner occupied 2,466 854 544 352 87 30,637 13,400 8,113 8,066 904

Leased to tenant(s) 1,745 416 253 247 30 26,115 9,378 6,036 6,438 280

Owner occupied and leased 349 82 46 44 Q 8,873 4,115 2,557 3,041 Q

Unoccupied 221 Q Q Q N 1,925 Q Q Q N

Government owned 776 230 165 94 19 19,543 11,637 8,440 7,214 577

Federal 33 8 7 1 Q 1,573 933 851 305 Q

State 185 40 27 19 Q 5,539 2,538 1,659 1,546 Q

Local 558 182 131 73 17 12,431 8,166 5,930 5,363 462
All

buildings

ElectricityNatural

gas Propane

All

buildings

Electricity

Natural

gas Propane

All buildings 5,557 1,589 1,010 740 144 87,093 38,546 25,151 24,770 2,001

Total floorspace (million square feet)

Buildings 

with 

cooking

Cooking energy sources

used (more than one 

may apply)

Table B33. Cooking energy sources, number of buildings and floorspace, 2012

Number of buildings (thousand)

Cooking energy sources

used (more than one 

may apply)

Buildings 

with 

cooking

Energy sources

(more than one may apply)

Electricity 5,234 1,589 1,010 740 144 84,869 38,546 25,151 24,770 2,001

Natural gas 2,933 1,087 599 740 7 58,725 31,026 18,711 24,770 292

Fuel oil 467 166 110 64 32 20,200 12,694 8,895 8,238 950

District heat 48 14 10 8 Q 5,964 3,154 2,245 1,663 Q

District chilled water 54 9 6 6 Q 4,608 2,084 1,407 1,175 Q

Propane 510 234 137 15 144 7,706 4,209 2,578 1,466 2,001

Other 172 60 37 22 Q 3,826 2,076 1,278 1,226 Q

Water-heating energy sources

(more than one may apply)

Electricity 2,658 810 604 268 77 42,755 18,787 13,898 10,836 923

Natural gas 1,758 795 422 576 5 39,523 23,232 13,806 18,986 199

Fuel oil 77 41 22 7 17 1,911 1,412 876 513 548

District heat 25 7 5 3 N 4,551 2,584 1,832 1,347 N

Propane 142 76 37 Q 58 1,575 976 524 Q 793

Energy end uses

(more than one may apply)

Buildings with space heating 4,722 1,525 969 717 132 80,078 37,771 24,576 24,425 1,877

Buildings with cooling 4,461 1,497 962 712 121 79,294 37,687 24,665 24,434 1,849

Buildings with water heating 4,423 1,573 997 739 142 79,015 38,389 25,034 24,735 1,997

Buildings with cooking 1,589 1,589 1,010 740 144 38,546 38,546 25,151 24,770 2,001

Buildings with manufacturing 259 64 43 20 Q 5,078 1,300 780 782 Q

Buildings with electricity

generation 410 202 128 107 25 25,642 16,803 11,443 11,825 916

Food preparation or serving areas 

in non-food service buildings

(more than one may apply)

Snack bar or concession stand 153 153 120 67 17 9,884 9,884 7,529 6,686 677

Fast food or small restaurant 173 173 99 115 19 9,787 9,787 6,204 7,482 364

Cafeteria or large restaurant 130 130 76 89 11 15,222 15,222 9,855 11,436 805

Commercial kitchen/

food preparation area 282 282 152 191 23 16,150 16,150 10,121 12,728 723

Small kitchen area 736 736 535 213 57 14,054 14,054 10,205 7,370 626

 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.