Released: Dec 2006
Next CBECS will be conducted in 2007

Table C14A.  Electricity Consumption and Expenditure Intensities for All Buildings, 2003   Electricity Consumption Electricity Expenditures per Building (thousand kWh) per Square Foot (kWh) Distribution of Building-Level Intensities (kWh/square foot) 25th Per- centile Median 75th Per- centile per Building (thousand dollars) per Square Foot (dollars) per kWh (dollars) All Buildings ................................ 226 14.9 3.8 8.8 18.1 17.9 1.18 0.079 Building Floorspace (Square Feet) 1,001 to 5,000 ................................ 48 17.8 3.8 9.0 20.0 4.4 1.63 0.092 5,001 to 10,000 .............................. 96 12.9 4.0 8.2 15.5 9.2 1.23 0.096 10,001 to 25,000 ............................ 178 11.4 3.1 7.2 15.0 15.2 0.97 0.086 25,001 to 50,000 ............................ 459 12.8 4.4 9.6 16.9 36.2 1.01 0.079 50,001 to 100,000 .......................... 1,049 14.9 5.2 11.4 20.7 80.1 1.14 0.076 100,001 to 200,000 ........................ 2,344 16.9 6.1 15.8 24.3 163.1 1.18 0.070 200,001 to 500,000 ........................ 4,374 15.2 6.1 13.2 20.6 307.6 1.07 0.070 Over 500,000 ................................. 17,978 19.2 11.5 18.0 23.4 1366.9 1.46 0.076 Principal Building Activity Education ....................................... 283 11.0 4.9 8.9 13.6 21.1 0.82 0.075 Food Sales ..................................... 276 49.4 33.4 48.0 77.0 20.9 3.74 0.076 Food Service ................................. 213 38.4 18.8 37.4 70.3 17.4 3.13 0.082 Health Care .................................... 564 22.9 6.1 12.0 18.4 37.9 1.54 0.067   Inpatient ....................................... 6,628 27.5 21.8 24.0 35.6 405.3 1.68 0.061   Outpatient .................................... 168 16.1 5.8 11.3 16.5 13.9 1.34 0.083 Lodging .......................................... 483 13.5 6.7 11.9 17.7 37.1 1.04 0.077 Mercantile ...................................... 327 19.2 6.1 12.7 21.9 28.8 1.69 0.088   Retail (Other Than Mall) ............... 139 14.3 4.3 9.4 18.4 11.6 1.19 0.083   Enclosed and Strip Malls .............. 718 22.3 12.7 18.0 25.4 64.4 2.00 0.090 Office ............................................. 256 17.3 6.5 11.5 17.6 20.7 1.40 0.081 Public Assembly ............................ 179 12.5 2.2 5.1 11.3 14.4 1.00 0.080 Public Order and Safety ................ 237 15.3 4.0 7.9 17.6 17.2 1.12 0.073 Religious Worship .......................... 49 4.9 1.9 3.5 6.0 4.4 0.43 0.089 Service .......................................... 73 11.0 3.0 6.3 11.8 5.8 0.88 0.080 Warehouse and Storage ............... 154 7.6 1.4 3.1 6.2 10.8 0.53 0.070 Other .............................................. 510 22.5 3.5 7.2 20.3 40.0 1.76 0.078 Vacant ........................................... 42 2.4 0.4 1.7 3.8 3.9 0.22 0.092 Year Constructed Before 1920 ................................... 83 7.1 1.7 3.9 9.6 7.3 0.62 0.088 1920 to 1945 .................................. 124 9.4 3.3 7.1 14.1 10.6 0.80 0.085 1946 to 1959 .................................. 131 10.2 3.1 6.6 14.6 11.2 0.88 0.086 1960 to 1969 .................................. 178 12.3 3.5 7.9 15.3 14.6 1.00 0.082 1970 to 1979 .................................. 268 16.7 4.7 10.2 21.7 20.8 1.30 0.078 1980 to 1989 .................................. 317 18.8 5.1 11.2 21.6 25.0 1.49 0.079 1990 to 1999 .................................. 284 17.6 5.1 11.1 24.0 21.8 1.35 0.077 2000 to 2003 .................................. 327 16.9 3.2 8.5 18.4 25.0 1.29 0.076 Census Region and Division Northeast ....................................... 231 12.4 2.5 6.6 15.4 22.7 1.22 0.098   New England ............................... 167 12.0 1.8 5.4 14.0 16.8 1.21 0.101   Middle Atlantic .............................. 262 12.5 3.0 7.5 17.6 25.6 1.22 0.098 Midwest ......................................... 191 13.2 3.6 8.1 16.2 12.8 0.88 0.067   East North Central ........................ 244 13.8 4.3 8.7 19.2 16.7 0.94 0.068   West North Central ...................... 123 12.0 3.0 7.2 13.6 7.8 0.76 0.063 South ............................................. 258 17.4 4.2 10.0 20.3 18.2 1.22 0.070   South Atlantic .............................. 286 18.3 4.4 10.6 20.6 19.9 1.28 0.070   East South Central ....................... 177 16.2 3.8 8.9 20.0 11.9 1.09 0.068   West South Central ...................... 261 16.3 4.1 10.0 21.3 19.0 1.19 0.073 West .............................................. 207 14.7 4.1 9.5 16.4 20.6 1.46 0.099   Mountain ...................................... 224 16.3 4.3 9.2 15.9 17.2 1.25 0.077   Pacific .......................................... 199 14.0 3.9 9.7 16.7 22.3 1.57 0.112 Climate Zone: 30-Year Average Under 2,000 CDD and --   More than 7,000 HDD ................... 164 12.1 2.9 7.6 15.7 12.5 0.93 0.076   5,500-7,000 HDD ......................... 215 13.7 3.4 7.9 15.8 16.2 1.03 0.075   4,000-5,499 HDD ............ 282 15.3 4.1 9.3 18.5 23.1 1.25 0.082   Fewer than 4,000 HDD ................ 208 15.3 3.9 8.8 17.1 17.6 1.29 0.085 2,000 CDD or More and --   Fewer than 4,000 HDD ................ 300 18.5 5.3 13.0 24.0 23.2 1.43 0.077 Number of Establishments One ................................................ 174 14.1 3.7 8.3 18.2 13.5 1.09 0.077 2 to 5 .............................................. 239 14.4 4.5 10.1 16.7 19.1 1.15 0.080 6 to 10 ............................................ 573 20.0 10.1 16.4 23.8 47.6 1.66 0.083 11 to 20 .......................................... 1,358 18.9 14.2 18.5 24.6 116.1 1.62 0.086 More than 20 .................................. 4,605 20.3 7.0 17.4 23.4 390.3 1.72 0.085 Currently Unoccupied .................... 32 1.8 0.4 1.5 3.4 3.0 0.17 0.096 Energy Sources (more than one may apply) Electricity ....................................... 226 14.9 3.8 8.8 18.1 17.9 1.18 0.079 Natural Gas .................................... 293 15.3 4.5 9.5 19.1 22.9 1.20 0.078 Fuel Oil ........................................... 593 16.9 2.3 5.8 15.2 44.9 1.28 0.076 District Heat ................................... 1,504 18.1 6.4 12.6 20.7 101.1 1.22 0.067 Energy End Uses (more than one may apply) Buildings with Space Heating ........ 241 15.2 4.3 9.2 18.5 18.9 1.19 0.078 Buildings with Cooling .................... 264 15.9 5.1 10.5 20.0 20.9 1.26 0.079 Buildings with Water Heating ......... 271 15.8 4.8 10.2 19.9 21.4 1.25 0.079 Annual Consumption (kilowatthours) 10,000 or Less .............................. 5 1.3 1.0 1.9 3.2 0.6 0.17 0.124 10,001 to 50,000 ............................ 26 4.9 3.8 6.9 11.7 2.7 0.51 0.104 50,001 to 100,000 .......................... 73 8.1 6.6 11.6 21.8 7.2 0.80 0.098 100,001 to 500,000 ........................ 224 13.5 10.7 18.9 36.5 19.6 1.18 0.087 500,001 to 1,000,000 ..................... 680 15.0 12.5 17.7 30.0 56.0 1.23 0.082 1,000,001 to 5,000,000 .................. 2,144 21.4 16.6 24.0 36.1 154.1 1.53 0.072 Over 5,000,000 .............................. 11,864 24.0 19.8 27.3 35.7 846.2 1.71 0.071 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. 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 that use electricity. Notes: ● Statistics for the "Energy End Uses" category represent total consumption in buildings that have the end use, not consumption specifically for that particular end use. ● Due to rounding, data may not sum to totals. Source: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End Use, Forms EIA-871A, C, and E of the 2003 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey.