All Buildings

With Central 

Physical Plant All Buildings

With Central 

Physical Plant

All Buildings ............................................... 4,657 1,362 142 67,338 26,049 7,101

Building Floorspace

(Square Feet)

1,001 to 5,000 .............................................. 2,348 604 Q 6,774 1,706 Q

5,001 to 10,000 ............................................ 1,110 297 Q 8,238 2,211 Q

10,001 to 25,000 .......................................... 708 253 26 11,153 3,965 464

25,001 to 50,000 .......................................... 257 104 26 9,311 3,728 901

50,001 to 100,000 ........................................ 145 63 17 10,112 4,498 1,274

100,001 to 200,000 ...................................... 59 27 8 8,271 3,799 1,159

200,001 to 500,000 ...................................... 23 10 5 6,851 3,107 1,538

Over 500,000 ............................................... 7 3 2 6,628 3,036 1,484

Principal Building Activity

Education .................................................... 327 229 38 8,651 4,574 1,812

Food Sales .................................................. 174 Q Q 994 Q Q

Food Service ............................................... 349 38 Q 1,851 271 Q

Health Care ................................................. 127 29 8 2,918 1,823 1,100

 Inpatient ..................................................... 11 5 3 1,865 1,401 963

 Outpatient .................................................. 116 24 Q 1,053 423 137

Lodging ........................................................ 153 88 23 4,521 1,751 735

Mercantile .................................................... 667 112 Q 10,398 2,995 Q

 Retail (Other Than Mall) ............................ 534 73 Q 4,766 861 Q

 Enclosed and Strip Malls ........................... 133 39 Q 5,631 2,134 Q

Office ........................................................... 739 229 21 12,044 4,769 1,280

Public Assembly .......................................... 305 121 18 4,393 2,093 904

Public Order and Safety .............................. 72 22 3 1,168 529 206

Religious Worship ....................................... 307 108 Q 3,405 1,276 Q

Service ........................................................ 478 63 Q 3,388 818 Q

Warehouse and Storage ............................. 603 234 Q 10,477 3,987 Q

Other ............................................................ 102 22 Q 1,222 519 253

Vacant ......................................................... 253 53 Q 1,908 514 Q

Year Constructed

1919 or Before ............................................. 419 94 20 4,034 1,038 413

1920 to 1945 ................................................ 499 129 21 6,445 2,331 579

1946 to 1959 ................................................ 763 200 30 9,127 3,484 1,360

1960 to 1969 ................................................ 665 191 26 10,866 4,385 1,894

1970 to 1979 ................................................ 774 228 14 11,840 5,040 1,255

1980 to 1989 ................................................ 846 322 23 13,931 5,871 916

1990 to 1999 ................................................ 690 199 8 11,094 3,901 684

Census Region

Northeast ..................................................... 686 150 33 12,360 4,037 1,418

Midwest ....................................................... 1,188 250 28 16,761 5,826 1,721

South ........................................................... 1,762 544 30 23,485 9,207 1,649

West ............................................................ 1,021 418 51 14,731 6,978 2,313

Workers (main shift)

Fewer than 5 ................................................ 2,376 620 42 14,321 4,556 576

5 to 9 ............................................................ 807 190 16 6,325 2,124 370

10 to 19 ........................................................ 683 210 31 8,028 2,442 534

20 to 49 ........................................................ 487 219 20 10,814 4,535 841

50 to 99 ........................................................ 174 63 14 8,898 3,645 730

100 to 249 .................................................... 90 40 10 8,356 3,561 1,332

250 or More ................................................. 39 21 9 10,595 5,185 2,718

Table B16. Multibuilding Facilities, Number of Buildings and Floorspace, 1999

Buildings on 

Multibuilding Facilities

Buildings on 

Multibuilding Facilities

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

All Buildings All Buildings

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All Buildings

With Central 

Physical Plant All Buildings

With Central 

Physical Plant

Table B16. Multibuilding Facilities, Number of Buildings and Floorspace, 1999

Buildings on 

Multibuilding Facilities

Buildings on 

Multibuilding Facilities

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

All Buildings All Buildings

Weekly Operating Hours

39 or Fewer ................................................. 978 301 Q 6,596 2,207 Q

40 to 48 ........................................................ 1,156 325 43 13,105 5,113 1,022

49 to 60 ........................................................ 986 288 22 14,200 5,255 1,171

61 to 84 ........................................................ 664 184 18 12,458 4,500 1,186

85 to 167 ...................................................... 474 93 8 9,116 3,412 935

Open Continuously ...................................... 398 171 42 11,863 5,562 2,657

Ownership and Occupancy

Nongovernment Owned .............................. 4,135 1,038 79 54,994 19,102 3,929

 Owner Occupied ........................................ 2,801 751 65 37,785 13,745 3,395

 Nonowner Occupied .................................. 1,099 244 13 15,596 5,072 495

 Unoccupied ............................................... 236 43 Q 1,613 285 Q

Government Owned .................................... 521 324 64 12,343 6,947 3,172

Vacancy Status

Completely Vacant ...................................... 140 Q Q 953 Q Q

Mostly Vacant .............................................. 113 36 Q 956 361 Q

Partially Vacant ............................................ 697 263 17 15,520 6,196 1,484

Not At All Vacant ......................................... 3,707 1,047 124 49,910 19,339 5,546

Multibuilding Facility Activity

Not Part of a Multibuilding

 Facility ........................................................ 3,295 N N 41,289 N N

College or University ................................... 70 70 53 2,605 2,605 2,064

Primary or Secondary School ...................... 224 224 25 3,388 3,388 899

Office Complex ............................................ 134 134 3 3,353 3,353 583

Retail Complex ............................................ 181 181 Q 3,555 3,555 Q

Religious Campus or Complex .................... 186 186 Q 1,907 1,907 Q

Health Care Complex .................................. 72 72 16 2,339 2,339 1,303

Government Complex ................................. 61 61 19 1,513 1,513 731

Other ............................................................ 434 434 15 7,389 7,389 1,140

Central Plant that Produces

District Hot Water ........................................ 97 97 97 4,468 4,468 4,468

District Steam .............................................. 91 91 91 4,409 4,409 4,409

District Chilled Water ................................... 88 88 88 4,951 4,951 4,951

Electricity ..................................................... 32 32 32 1,377 1,377 1,377

Energy Sources (more than

one may apply)

Electricity ..................................................... 4,395 1,262 141 65,716 25,399 7,075

Natural Gas ................................................. 2,670 663 67 45,525 16,613 4,161

Fuel Oil ........................................................ 434 98 18 13,285 5,401 2,321

District Heat ................................................. 117 85 69 5,891 4,318 3,617

District Chilled Water ................................... 50 47 35 2,750 2,441 2,066

Propane ....................................................... 451 112 4 6,290 2,041 396

Other ............................................................ 153 19 Q 2,322 681 Q

Energy End Uses (more than

one may apply)

Buildings with Space Heating ...................... 4,016 1,139 138 61,602 23,532 6,842

Buildings with Cooling ................................. 3,560 993 115 58,474 22,088 6,270

Buildings with Water Heating ...................... 3,239 878 126 56,115 21,410 6,378

Buildings with Cooking ................................ 857 187 32 24,681 9,202 3,171

Buildings with Manufacturing ....................... 151 25 Q 3,126 983 Q

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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