Released: September 29, 2010

Provides an in-depth look at this building type as reported in the 2003 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey. Office buildings are the most common type of commercial building and they consumed more than 17 percent of all energy in the commercial buildings sector in 2003. This special report provides characteristics and energy consumption data by type of office building (e.g. administrative office, government office, medical office) and information on some of the types of equipment found in office buildings: heating and cooling equipment, computers, servers, printers, and photocopiers.

Released: December 23, 2008

The Energy Information Administration conducts the Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) to collect information on energy-related building characteristics and types and amounts of energy consumed in commercial buildings in the United States.

Released: September 1, 2008

The 38 new tables contain consumption and expenditures data for all buildings including malls (the first release of consumption and expenditures data did not include malls). (archived versions)

Released: March 1, 1992

This report, Lighting in Commercial Buildings, inaugurates a new analytic series. Extensive information on sectoral energy consumption is collected by the Energy Information Administration (EIA). This first publication in this series uses EIA's Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey as a basis for analyzing lighting in commercial buildings.