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Table B24. Energy end uses, number of buildings, 2012
Released: May 2016
Number of buildings (thousand) | |||||||
Energy used for (more than one may apply) | |||||||
All buildings |
Space heating |
Cooling | Water heating |
Cooking | Manu- facturing |
Electricity gener- ation |
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All buildings | 5,557 | 4,722 | 4,461 | 4,423 | 1,589 | 259 | 410 |
Building floorspace (square feet) | |||||||
1,001 to 5,000 | 2,777 | 2,257 | 2,062 | 2,032 | 673 | 86 | 92 |
5,001 to 10,000 | 1,229 | 1,046 | 1,004 | 992 | 376 | 75 | 77 |
10,001 to 25,000 | 884 | 797 | 774 | 775 | 257 | 51 | 64 |
25,001 to 50,000 | 332 | 304 | 302 | 307 | 108 | 28 | 55 |
50,001 to 100,000 | 199 | 187 | 187 | 186 | 96 | 11 | 58 |
100,001 to 200,000 | 90 | 86 | 88 | 86 | 48 | 5 | 35 |
200,001 to 500,000 | 38 | 36 | 37 | 36 | 25 | 2 | 22 |
Over 500,000 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | Q | 6 |
Principal building activity | |||||||
Education | 389 | 379 | 361 | 332 | 169 | Q | 38 |
Food sales | 177 | 160 | 165 | 177 | 111 | Q | 16 |
Food service | 380 | 359 | 358 | 379 | 353 | Q | Q |
Health care | 157 | 153 | 154 | 156 | 22 | Q | 28 |
Inpatient | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | Q | 9 |
Outpatient | 147 | 144 | 145 | 146 | 13 | Q | 19 |
Lodging | 158 | 153 | 145 | 158 | 94 | Q | 34 |
Mercantile | 602 | 572 | 560 | 531 | 157 | 28 | 31 |
Retail (other than mall) | 438 | 412 | 396 | 367 | 52 | Q | 20 |
Enclosed and strip malls | 164 | 160 | 164 | 164 | 105 | Q | 10 |
Office | 1,012 | 989 | 995 | 943 | 130 | 31 | 94 |
Public assembly | 352 | 330 | 295 | 317 | 143 | Q | 21 |
Public order and safety | 84 | 81 | 74 | 80 | 56 | N | 59 |
Religious worship | 412 | 408 | 375 | 383 | 261 | Q | Q |
Service | 619 | 528 | 435 | 442 | 39 | 46 | 19 |
Warehouse and storage | 796 | 420 | 391 | 370 | 33 | 77 | 29 |
Other | 125 | 100 | 90 | 98 | Q | 41 | 17 |
Vacant | 296 | 87 | 63 | 56 | Q | Q | Q |
Year constructed | |||||||
Before 1920 | 362 | 322 | 275 | 286 | 130 | 15 | 14 |
1920 to 1945 | 488 | 413 | 367 | 383 | 138 | Q | 22 |
1946 to 1959 | 599 | 517 | 477 | 460 | 189 | 21 | 24 |
1960 to 1969 | 639 | 559 | 538 | 540 | 188 | 25 | 57 |
1970 to 1979 | 684 | 599 | 563 | 577 | 195 | 32 | 60 |
1980 to 1989 | 915 | 754 | 730 | 727 | 221 | 51 | 59 |
1990 to 1999 | 845 | 675 | 663 | 631 | 232 | 31 | 63 |
2000 to 2003 | 375 | 322 | 321 | 312 | 102 | 29 | 35 |
2004 to 2007 | 347 | 291 | 293 | 275 | 108 | 19 | 34 |
2008 to 2012 | 303 | 270 | 235 | 231 | 84 | Q | 42 |
Census region and division | |||||||
Northeast | 805 | 727 | 592 | 671 | 249 | 44 | 107 |
New England | 302 | 264 | 187 | 235 | 104 | 20 | 39 |
Middle Atlantic | 504 | 463 | 405 | 436 | 145 | 25 | 68 |
Midwest | 1,237 | 1,096 | 970 | 1,014 | 370 | 55 | 84 |
East North Central | 735 | 670 | 601 | 629 | 233 | 29 | 53 |
West North Central | 502 | 426 | 370 | 385 | 137 | 26 | 31 |
South | 2,247 | 1,842 | 1,891 | 1,740 | 664 | 83 | 141 |
South Atlantic | 1,091 | 873 | 935 | 856 | 307 | 31 | 71 |
East South Central | 370 | 336 | 335 | 325 | 144 | Q | 29 |
West South Central | 786 | 633 | 621 | 560 | 213 | 41 | 40 |
West | 1,267 | 1,057 | 1,007 | 997 | 306 | 77 | 78 |
Mountain | 338 | 293 | 259 | 260 | 84 | Q | 19 |
Pacific | 929 | 764 | 748 | 737 | 222 | 63 | 59 |
Climate region1 | |||||||
Very cold/Cold | 2,031 | 1,792 | 1,497 | 1,639 | 574 | 110 | 186 |
Mixed-humid | 1,743 | 1,545 | 1,482 | 1,445 | 558 | 57 | 115 |
Mixed-dry/Hot-dry | 837 | 676 | 682 | 635 | 188 | Q | 47 |
Hot-humid | 799 | 593 | 699 | 590 | 230 | 32 | 51 |
Marine | 147 | 116 | 101 | 113 | 39 | Q | 10 |
Number of workers (main shift) | |||||||
Fewer than 5 | 2,892 | 2,184 | 1,932 | 1,917 | 660 | 92 | 89 |
5 to 9 | 1,085 | 1,020 | 999 | 977 | 308 | 61 | 67 |
10 to 19 | 731 | 692 | 699 | 700 | 271 | 42 | 65 |
20 to 49 | 513 | 494 | 498 | 495 | 197 | 44 | 63 |
50 to 99 | 206 | 203 | 203 | 203 | 92 | 13 | 58 |
100 to 249 | 93 | 92 | 93 | 93 | 40 | 5 | 45 |
250 or more | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 21 | 2 | 23 |
Weekly operating hours | |||||||
Fewer than 40 | 1,149 | 815 | 690 | 703 | 329 | Q | 28 |
40 to 48 | 1,346 | 1,230 | 1,168 | 1,107 | 228 | 93 | 83 |
49 to 60 | 1,244 | 1,143 | 1,084 | 1,063 | 251 | 95 | 87 |
61 to 84 | 764 | 672 | 669 | 676 | 290 | 32 | 42 |
85 to 167 | 479 | 414 | 419 | 428 | 249 | 14 | 43 |
Open continuously | 575 | 448 | 431 | 447 | 242 | 10 | 126 |
Ownership and occupancy | |||||||
Nongovernment owned | 4,781 | 4,028 | 3,817 | 3,791 | 1,359 | 248 | 266 |
Owner occupied | 2,466 | 2,198 | 2,046 | 2,048 | 854 | 130 | 160 |
Leased to tenant(s) | 1,745 | 1,458 | 1,421 | 1,401 | 416 | 100 | 75 |
Owner occupied and leased | 349 | 325 | 324 | 316 | 82 | 18 | 30 |
Unoccupied | 221 | 47 | 26 | 26 | Q | N | Q |
Government owned | 776 | 694 | 644 | 632 | 230 | 10 | 144 |
Federal | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 8 | Q | 6 |
State | 185 | 168 | 159 | 146 | 40 | Q | 27 |
Local | 558 | 493 | 452 | 452 | 182 | Q | 111 |
Energy sources (more than one may apply) |
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Electricity | 5,234 | 4,717 | 4,461 | 4,423 | 1,589 | 259 | 410 |
Natural gas | 2,933 | 2,888 | 2,700 | 2,742 | 1,087 | 153 | 270 |
Fuel oil | 467 | 455 | 360 | 411 | 166 | 25 | 214 |
District heat | 48 | 48 | 44 | 45 | 14 | Q | 15 |
District chilled water | 54 | 51 | 54 | 51 | 9 | Q | 12 |
Propane | 510 | 491 | 420 | 466 | 234 | 43 | 79 |
Other | 172 | 172 | 126 | 141 | 60 | Q | 73 |
Energy end uses (more than one may apply) |
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Buildings with space heating | 4,722 | 4,722 | 4,272 | 4,237 | 1,525 | 234 | 400 |
Buildings with cooling | 4,461 | 4,272 | 4,461 | 4,097 | 1,497 | 217 | 386 |
Buildings with water heating | 4,423 | 4,237 | 4,097 | 4,423 | 1,573 | 228 | 395 |
Buildings with cooking | 1,589 | 1,525 | 1,497 | 1,573 | 1,589 | 64 | 202 |
Buildings with manufacturing | 259 | 234 | 217 | 228 | 64 | 259 | 18 |
Buildings with electricity generation |
410 | 400 | 386 | 395 | 202 | 18 | 410 |
Food preparation or serving areas in non-food service buildings (more than one may apply) |
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Snack bar or concession stand | 153 | 142 | 147 | 150 | 153 | Q | 32 |
Fast food or small restaurant | 173 | 165 | 172 | 173 | 173 | Q | 32 |
Cafeteria or large restaurant | 130 | 128 | 124 | 130 | 130 | Q | 47 |
Commercial kitchen/ food preparation area |
282 | 276 | 275 | 282 | 282 | 14 | 74 |
Small kitchen area | 736 | 715 | 679 | 723 | 736 | 30 | 86 |
Separate computer areas (more than one may apply) |
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Data center or server farm | 97 | 93 | 96 | 94 | 35 | 6 | 52 |
Computer-based training room | 244 | 233 | 242 | 241 | 109 | 9 | 64 |
Student or public computer center | 238 | 236 | 230 | 230 | 138 | Q | 46 |
1These climate regions were created by the Building America program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Q = Data withheld either because the Relative Standard Error (RSE) was greater than 50 percent or fewer than 20 buildings were sampled. N = No cases in reporting sample. Notes:• Because of rounding, data may not sum to totals. • See Guide to the 2012 CBECS Detailed Tables or CBECS Terminology for definition of terms used in these tables and/or comparison of differences with prior CBECS tables. Both references can be accessed from http://www.eia.gov/consumption/commercial/data/2012/ Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Office of Energy Consumption and Efficiency Statistics, Form EIA-871A of the 2012 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey. |