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Total Residential and Commercial Primary Consumption by Type of Building

Total Residential and Commercial Primary Consumption by Type of Building

      Sources: Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Markets and End Use, EIA-457 of the 1980 Residential Energy Consumption Survey and Form EIA-871 of the 1989 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey.


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This report introduces several innovations in energy data reporting that complement the previously published triennial reports of the Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) and the Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS). (1) Both residential and commercial sector buildings data are presented together in the report. Common units of analysis, the residential or commercial building and floorspace, are used to facilitate comparison.17 (2) Unlike the triennial RECS and CBECS that focus on energy data for a single year, this report focuses on an entire decade of energy data. (3) A common set of table types is used to provide consistency across the sectors and across time. (4) Energy expenditures are reported in both nominal and real terms. (5) End-use consumption and expenditures are provided for the earlier RECS, data that were not published in the original Consumption and Expenditures reports. (6) Primary energy consumption is reported for all energy consumption estimates.

Table Format

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) is responsible for publishing national-level statistics on energy consumption by end users. Currently, the EIA publishes statistics for the residential, residential transportation (personal vehicles), commercial buildings, and manufacturing sectors. For the commercial sector, data are collected via a nationwide survey of commercial buildings, the CBECS. The RECS collects data from the households in the residential sector. This report summarizes a decade of energy data that were obtained via the RECS and CBECS, using data from the six RECS and the four CBECS, which were conducted between 1979 and 1990.


The RECS and CBECS data bases for the ten surveys over the 1979 to 1990 time frame contain an enormous amount of information on buildings and energy. A major consideration in the preparation of this report was how to limit these data to a manageable size. The detailed tables were designed to provide, as much as possible, information that is consistent between the two sectors and across the time period covered. The format of the tables was geared towards answering four general energy-related questions: (1) How many buildings used each possible energy source/end-use combination? (2) How much floorspace was in buildings which used each possible energy source/end use combination? (3) How much energy was consumed? and (4) How much money was spent on energy?


For a given table, the row-stub categories address information on several major building characteristics that are common to both surveys: location, type of building, size, and year of construction. There are eight types of tables: three types provide data on the number of buildings and the total floorspace by energy source and end use; two types provide data on energy consumption by energy source and end use; two types provide similar data for energy expenditures; and one type provides total and average consumption and expenditures by energy source. A given table or set of tables can provide information on energy use between the residential and commercial sectors or on energy use within a sector over the decade either among energy sources or end uses.


17For further information concerning the development of the common units of analysis, see Appendix C, "Data Quality."

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Tables by Survey/Year and Category
Survey and YearBuilding Characteristics, Energy Sources, and End Uses By Number of Buildings and Total Floorspace Total and Average Primary and Site Energy Consumption and Energy Expenditures Primary and Site Energy Consumption by Energy Source Primary and Site Energy Consumption by End Use Energy Expenditures by Energy Source and End Use
RECS
1980
X
X
X
X
X
1981
X
X
X
X
X
1982
X
X
X
X
X
1984
X
X
X
X
X
1987
X
X
X
X
X
1990
X
X
X
X
X
CBECS
1979
X
X
X
Not Available
X
1983
X
X
X
Not Available
X
1986
X
X
X
Not Available
X
1989
X
X
X
X
X


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