Recs 5c Table
Recs 5c Table
Recs 5c Table
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Table 5c. U.S. Residential Using Site Energy1 by Census Region and Type of Housing Unit, 1980-2005
(Thousand Btu per Square Foot)
Type of Housing Unit and Census Region
1980
1981
1982
1984
1987
1990
1993
19972
2001
2005
65
64
60
63
58
54
55
61
45
41
100
92
83
87
89
83
84
80
71
66
Single-Family Detached
59
60
55
57
53
51
52
58
42
37
Single-Family Attached
65
55
63
59
52
52
54
64
42
43
103
88
85
84
81
80
83
93
56
78
90
80
85
87
80
62
60
57
48
62
Total Northeast
70
67
64
65
64
57
60
69
48
50
108
103
128
113
119
90
95
92
85
87
Single-Family Detached
55
56
51
54
54
50
53
62
44
43
Single-Family Attached
71
58
68
64
63
55
59
80
48
48
113
102
90
90
88
91
84
105
55
96
132
115
122
121
106
70
78
80
59
94
73
75
65
71
62
60
62
70
49
44
136
132
97
108
109
101
107
126
99
87
Single-Family Detached
67
71
60
65
56
55
56
65
47
41
Single-Family Attached
70
71
57
61
46
60
61
78
43
41
115
90
93
95
95
91
116
122
70
76
89
93
95
111
100
68
76
72
49
68
Total South
61
57
56
56
55
50
52
54
42
35
Mobile Home
91
77
73
68
77
69
70
65
62
62
Single-Family Detached
57
56
53
54
53
48
51
54
41
31
Single-Family Attached
62
49
60
51
40
42
51
46
38
44
81
70
74
73
67
57
54
60
46
65
72
53
76
70
69
55
49
44
47
50
U.S. Total
Mobile Home
Mobile Home
Total Midwest
Mobile Home
Total West
54
57
55
57
50
51
46
51
40
39
Mobile Home
95
82
75
85
74
77
81
78
65
63
Single-Family Detached
51
56
54
55
47
48
45
50
38
37
Single-Family Attached
52
46
54
47
50
56
42
50
38
37
78
61
68
62
59
62
62
58
47
60
51
56
47
57
56
57
42
43
40
44
1.The Btu value of energy at the point it enters the home, building, or establishment, sometimes referred to as "delivered" energy.
2. In the 1997 RECS the floor area of the housing unit was not measured. The heated floorspace was estimated using regression analysis. Except for 1997,
estimates include all the floor area of the housing unit that was enclosed from the weather.
Sources: Energy Information Administration, Residential Energy Consumption Surveys 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1997, 2001 and 2005.