Nonresidential Buildings Energy Consumption Survey: commercial buildings consumption and expenditures, 1983
This report presents data on consumption and expenditures for five major fuels used in commercial buildings. These five fuels are: electricity, natural gas, fuel oil, purchased steam, and propane. Table 1 shows the number of commercial buildings in which each of these fuels was consumed in 1983, with breakdowns by various characteristics of buildings. Table 2 shows the same breakdowns according to the total square footage of the buildings. Major fuel use in commercial buildings in 1983 totaled 5.15 (+-.63) quadrillion Btu, at a total cost of $59.2 (+-7.8) billion. This report provides a cross-sectional analysis depicting patterns of energy consumption in commercial buildings at a particular time (1983). Understanding changes that may have occurred within commercial buildings requires more than a simple comparison of the findings presented here with those of the 1979 NBECS. Also, comparing buildings with and without various features does not by itself indicate the effects of those features on energy consumption and expenditures. For example, the effects of conservation features cannot be determined by comparing the 1983 results for buildings with and without those features (such as insulation) but only by comparing consumption patterns in the same buildings before and after the installation of the conservation features. Such a longitudinal analysis of conservation and other effects is planned for a future report.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC. Office of Energy Markets and End Use
- OSTI ID:
- 5118875
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/EIA-0318(83); ON: DE87000785
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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