Commercial Building Lighting Energy Consumption

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Commercial building lighting energy consumption.

The commercial sector which includes commercial and institutional buildings and public street and highway lighting consumed about 141 billion kwh for lighting in 2019 equal to about 10 of total commercial sector electricity consumption. The data collection period will begin in april 2019 gathering information for reference year 2018. One is the introduction of satellite imagery and gis tools to build the sampling frame. According to the department of consumer and regulatory affairs electric lighting accounts for 40 percent of commercial building energy consumption in the united states with the cost of lighting a 10 000 square foot office building ranging from 4 600 to over 8 300 a year.

Nearly all commercial buildings have some type of lighting. Breakdown of lighting energy major sector and light source type. Eia does not have an estimate of electricity use specifically for public street and highway lighting. Lighting makes up an additional 1 3 of the energy consumption in your facility.

Lighting is the largest single use of electricity in commercial buildings. Consumption 390 billion kwh used for lighting in all. Lighting energy consumption bylighting energy consumption by. Two notable innovations to the study are in the works.

Eia is planning the next commercial buildings energy consumption survey cbecs. 390 billion kwh used for lighting in all commercial buildings in commercial buildings in 2001 2001. Lighting is the largest end use of electricity in commercial buildings and many buildings target lighting for energy savings through energy efficient light sources and advanced lighting technologies. Making sure you have an efficient lighting system could reduce your overall energy consumption by 10 15.