Special
Topics
RECS Special
Topics
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Fax and Photocopier Machines In the 2001 Residential Energy Consumption
Survey, 23.6 million households had a fax machine with more than half
(53.3 percent) as a feature of a PC printer. There were also 20.0
million households with photocopier machines; nearly two-thirds of
those (63.0 percent) were a feature of a PC printer. Released
05/22/03.
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Square Footage Measurements and Comparisons The average total
square footage of U.S. housing units, as measured in the 2001 Residential
Energy Consumption Survey, was 2,066 square feet. This is a 10.6 percent
increase above the average total square footage of 1,875 square feet
in 1993, when it was last measured. (Released 05/22/03).
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Characteristics of Residential Housing Units By Ceiling Fans
Of the 107.0 million U.S. households as reported in the 2001 Residential
Energy Consumption Survey (RECS), 69.6 million or 65.1 percent of
them have ceiling fans. This is a 14.1 percent increase over the number
of households (61.0 million) reported having ceiling fans in the 1997
RECS. (Released 04/03/03.
- Cooking
Trends from 1993 to 2001. Trends in the United States. Do Americans
spend less time in the kitchen cooking now than they did in the 1990's.
In the 1993 Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS), Americans
were indeed cooking more than in the 2001 RECS. Identifiable differences
are shown between the two survey years. (Released 1/26/02)
- Effect
of Income on Appliances in U.S. Households. Viewing how people
live in the United States shows that the factors, which cause the
most differences in home lifestyle, including energy use are: geographic
location, socioeconomics, and household income. EIA looks at the relationships
of these factors to home appliance ownership, based on information
from the 2001 Residential Energy Consumption Survey. (Released
11/26/02)
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The 1997 Residential
Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) collected household energy data
for the four
most populated States (California, Florida, New York,
and Texas). Data for all the other States are aggregated
and available at the Census Division (groups of 3 to 8 States) level.
(Released 06/12/2002).
- 1997
Residential Energy Consumption and Expenditures by Origin of Householder.
In Response to a request by DOE's Office of Minority Economic
Impact, residential household data are presented by these categories:
"Hispanic," "Non-Hispanic White," "Non-Hispanic Black," and "Other."
This is the first time presenting this data using these race/ethnicity
breakouts. (Released 03/06/02)
- Additional information
on the 1997 Residential Energy Consumption Survey: "Residential Energy
Consumption and Expenditures per Household Member and per Building"
HTML
format (Released 12/20/01)
- "Heating Oil
Use in American Households" HTML
format (Released 02/22/01)
- "Natural Gas
Use in American Households" HTML
format (Released 01/16/01)
- "Winter
Energy Savings from Lower Thermostat Settings" HTML
format (Released 12/12/00)
- Air-conditioning
Trends. In 1978, only 23 percent of U.S. housing units had central
air-conditionings. By 1997, the share had increased to 47 percent.
During the same period, the share of housing units with window/wall
units dropped from 33 percent to 25 percent, and the share of housing
units with no air-conditioning equipment dropped from 44 percent to
28 percent. (Released 08/02/00)
- According to
the Residential Energy Consumption Surveys, over the past two decades
(1978 - 1997), the use of fuel oil
in U.S. homes has changed. (Released 05/16/02)
- "Air Conditioning
Facts from the 1997 Residential Energy Consumption Survey"
HTML format
(Released 03/23/99)
- "Lighting
Type at Home and at Work" HTML format
(includes data from the 1995 CBECS). (Released 01/15/98)
Regional Energy
Profiles Special Topics
- Residential Energy Maps 2000: Mountain Division -- This map presents annual household consumption of natural gas, fuel
oil, electricity, and motor gasoline for the year 2000 for the eight
Mountain States: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico,
Utah, and Wyoming. Household density per square mile and weather indicators
(30-year annual averages of precipitation, heating degree-days, and
cooling degree-days) also are included. (Released
07/10/03)
- Residential Energy Maps 2000: Pacific Division -- This
map presents annual household consumption of natural gas, fuel oil,
electricity, and motor gasoline for the year 2000 for the five Pacific
States: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington. Household
density per square mile and weather indicators (30-year annual averages
of precipitation, heating degree-days, and cooling degree-days) also
are included.
(Released 07/10/03)
- Residential Energy Maps 2000: South Atlantic Division -- This map presents annual household consumption of natural gas, fuel oil, electricity, and motor gasoline for the year 2000 for the eight South Atlantic States: Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. Household density per square mile and weather indicators (30-year annual averages of precipitation, heating degree-days, and cooling degree-days) also are included. (Released 07/08/03)
- Residential Energy Maps 2000: East South Central
Division -- This map presents annual household consumption of natural gas, fuel oil, electricity, and motor gasoline for the year 2000 for the four East South Central States: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Household density per square mile and weather indicators (30-year annual averages of precipitation, heating degree-days, and cooling degree-days) also are included. (Released 07/08/03)
- Residential Energy Maps 2000: West South Central Division -- This map presents annual household consumption of natural gas, fuel oil, electricity, and motor gasoline for the year 2000 for the four West South Central States: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. Household density per square mile and weather indicators (30-year annual averages of precipitation, heating degree-days, and cooling degree-days) also are included. (Released 07/08/03)
- Residential Energy Maps 2000: West
North Central Division -- This map presents annual household consumption
of natural gas, fuel oil, electricity, and motor gasoline for the year
2000 for the seven West North Central States: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Household density
per square mile and weather indicators (30-year annual averages of precipitation,
heating degree-days, and cooling degree-days) also are included. (Released 07/01/03)
- Residential Energy Maps 2000: New England Division -- This map presents annual household consumption of natural gas, fuel oil, electricity, and motor gasoline for the year 2000 for the six New England States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Household density per square mile and weather indicators (30-year annual averages of precipitation, heating degree-days, and cooling degree-days) also are included. (Released 07/01/03)
- Residential Energy Maps 2000: Middle Atlantic Division
This map presents annual household consumption of natural
gas, fuel oil, electricity, and motor gasoline for the year 2000 for
the three Middle Atlantic States: New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.
Household density per square mile and weather indicators (30-year annual
averages of precipitation, heating degree-days, and cooling degree-days)
also are included. (Released 07/01/03)
- Residential Energy Maps 2000: East North Central Division
The East North Central map is the first map available in the new Residential
Energy Map series (part of the Regional Energy Profiles
group). It displays annual household consumption of natural gas, fuel
oil, electricity, and motor gasoline, as well as weather indicators
(heating and cooling degree-days and precipitation), for Illinois,
Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. (Released 06/26/03)
- Pacific
Appliance Report 2001
New data for 2001 on the market shares of appliances in the Pacific
Division (Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington) are
presented in this report. Personal computers and gas appliances continued
to be more common among the 17 million households in the Pacific than
among U.S. households. Air-conditioning and most electric appliances
continued to be less common among Pacific households. With the release
of this report, all reports in the Appliance series have now been
updated to include data for 2001. (Released 01/27/03)/font>
- Mountain Appliance Report 2001
This brief report includes new data for 2001 on the market shares
of appliances in the Mountain States (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana,
Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming). The data indicate that, among
the 7 million households in the Mountain Division, electric appliances,
particularly evaporative coolers, continued to be more common than
among U.S. households, and gas appliances and air-conditioning continued
to be less common. (Released 01/17/03)
- West
South Central Appliance Report 2001
This brief report on appliance market-share trends in the West South Central Census Division includes newly available data for 2001. The data show that air-conditioning continues to be more prevalent in West South Central households, when compared to U.S. households overall, and that most appliances are found in West South Central households about as often as in U.S. households.
(Released 01/15/03)
- East
South Central Appliance Report 2001
Data for 2001 are included in this brief statistical report, which
compares long-term trends in the market share of air-conditioning
and other appliances in the East South Central States of Alabama,
Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee to trends in the United States
as a whole. In the East South Central States, fewer households have
natural gas available in the neighborhood, and market shares of
gas appliances, particularly gas clothes dryers, are much lower.
(Released 01/08/03)
- South
Atlantic Appliance Report 2001
Newly available data for 2001 confirm long-term trends in appliance
market shares in the South Atlantic. The data show that electric appliances
continue to be much more common in the South Atlantic States than
in the United States as a whole, and that the difference became more
pronounced from 1980 through 2001. In contrast, gas appliances remain
less common in the South Atlantic, where 2 out of 4 households have
natural gas available in the neighborhood, compared with 3 out of
4 households nationwide. (Released 12/ 23/02)
- West
North Central Appliance Report 2001
This brief report on appliance market-share trends in the West North
Central Census Division includes newly available data for 2001. The
data show that households in the West North Central States, when compared
with households across the United States, are more likely to have
common, major electric appliances, such as clothes washers and dryers,
and less likely to have more specialized electric appliances, such
as evaporative coolers and swimming pool pumps. (Released
12/17/02)
- East
North Central Appliance Report 2001
This brief report on appliance market-share trends in the East North
Central Census Division includes newly available data for 2001. Unlike
some areas of the United States, the five States in the Division (Illinois,
Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin) have extensive natural gas
pipeline systems, and the 2001 data show that gas appliances, particularly
ranges and clothes dryers, continue to be more prevalent in East Noth
Central households than in U.S. households overall. (Released
12/10/02)
- Middle
Atlantic Appliance Report 2001
Data for 2001 are included in this brief statistical report, which
compares long-term trends in the market share of air-conditioning
and other appliances in the Middle Atlantic (New Jersey, New York,
and Pennsylvania) to nationwide trends. The 2001 data show that gas
appliances, particularly ranges and clothes dryers, continued to be
more prevalent in the Middle Atlantic than in the United States as
a whole. (Released 12/03/02)
- New
England Appliance Report 2001
Data for 2001 are included in this brief statistical report, which
compares long-term trends in the market share of air-conditioning
and other appliances in New England to nationwide trends. The new
data for 2001 show that the share of New England households with central
air-conditioning remained low compared with the share of households
nationwide. In 2001, 14 percent of New England households had central
air-conditioning, compared with 55 percent of U.S. households.
(Released 11/19/02)
- Middle
Atlantic Data Abstract presents statistics on energy use in Middle
Atlantic households and New York households, as well as other energy
and economic statistics about the region. (Released
01/16/01)
- Northeast Data Abstract presents statistics
on energy use in Northeast households, as well as other energy and
economic statistics about the region. (Released
08/28/00)
- New England Data Abstract presents statistics
on energy use in New England households, as well as other energy and
economic statistics about the region. (Released
06/22/00)
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