Energy intensities of buildings in the services sector; construction period

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Energy intensities of buildings in the services sector; construction period
Building types services sector Floorarea size Construction period Average consumption of electricity (kWh/m2)
Retail with cooling 0 to 250 m2 To 1921 219.7
Retail with cooling 0 to 250 m2 1922 to 1976 232.0
Retail with cooling 0 to 250 m2 1977 to 1993 243.2
Retail with cooling 0 to 250 m2 From1994 233.9
Retail with cooling 250 to 500 m2 To 1921 186.8
Retail with cooling 250 to 500 m2 1922 to 1976 179.8
Retail with cooling 250 to 500 m2 1977 to 1993 169.2
Retail with cooling 250 to 500 m2 From1994 148.9
Retail with cooling 500 to 1 000 m2 To 1921 224.1
Retail with cooling 500 to 1 000 m2 1922 to 1976 252.2
Retail with cooling 500 to 1 000 m2 1977 to 1993 256.7
Retail with cooling 500 to 1 000 m2 From1994 221.1
Retail with cooling 1 000 to 2 500 m2 To 1921 237.2
Retail with cooling 1 000 to 2 500 m2 1922 to 1976 289.3
Retail with cooling 1 000 to 2 500 m2 1977 to 1993 293.8
Retail with cooling 1 000 to 2 500 m2 From1994 265.3
Retail with cooling 2 500 to 5 000 m2 To 1921 .
Retail with cooling 2 500 to 5 000 m2 1922 to 1976 217.9
Retail with cooling 2 500 to 5 000 m2 1977 to 1993 .
Retail with cooling 2 500 to 5 000 m2 From1994 196.9
Retail without cooling 0 to 250 m2 To 1921 98.7
Retail without cooling 0 to 250 m2 1922 to 1976 101.4
Retail without cooling 0 to 250 m2 1977 to 1993 119.9
Retail without cooling 0 to 250 m2 From1994 116.4
Retail without cooling 250 to 500 m2 To 1921 80.1
Retail without cooling 250 to 500 m2 1922 to 1976 82.2
Retail without cooling 250 to 500 m2 1977 to 1993 90.1
Retail without cooling 250 to 500 m2 From1994 94.7
Retail without cooling 500 to 1 000 m2 To 1921 70.3
Retail without cooling 500 to 1 000 m2 1922 to 1976 67.7
Retail without cooling 500 to 1 000 m2 1977 to 1993 72.0
Retail without cooling 500 to 1 000 m2 From1994 74.6
Retail without cooling 1 000 to 2 500 m2 To 1921 73.2
Retail without cooling 1 000 to 2 500 m2 1922 to 1976 73.0
Retail without cooling 1 000 to 2 500 m2 1977 to 1993 80.1
Retail without cooling 1 000 to 2 500 m2 From1994 76.9
Retail without cooling 2 500 to 5 000 m2 To 1921 .
Retail without cooling 2 500 to 5 000 m2 1922 to 1976 71.0
Retail without cooling 2 500 to 5 000 m2 1977 to 1993 59.1
Retail without cooling 2 500 to 5 000 m2 From1994 75.0
Wholesale without cooling 0 to 250 m2 To 1921 64.9
Wholesale without cooling 0 to 250 m2 1922 to 1976 67.8
Wholesale without cooling 0 to 250 m2 1977 to 1993 68.8
Wholesale without cooling 0 to 250 m2 From1994 59.4
Wholesale without cooling 250 to 500 m2 To 1921 46.3
Wholesale without cooling 250 to 500 m2 1922 to 1976 52.3
Wholesale without cooling 250 to 500 m2 1977 to 1993 52.2
Wholesale without cooling 250 to 500 m2 From1994 50.5
Wholesale without cooling 500 to 1 000 m2 To 1921 40.2
Wholesale without cooling 500 to 1 000 m2 1922 to 1976 44.5
Wholesale without cooling 500 to 1 000 m2 1977 to 1993 48.7
Wholesale without cooling 500 to 1 000 m2 From1994 46.0
Wholesale without cooling 1 000 to 2 500 m2 To 1921 .
Wholesale without cooling 1 000 to 2 500 m2 1922 to 1976 44.1
Wholesale without cooling 1 000 to 2 500 m2 1977 to 1993 47.6
Wholesale without cooling 1 000 to 2 500 m2 From1994 48.7
Wholesale without cooling 2 500 to 5 000 m2 To 1921 .
Wholesale without cooling 2 500 to 5 000 m2 1922 to 1976 41.6
Wholesale without cooling 2 500 to 5 000 m2 1977 to 1993 49.5
Wholesale without cooling 2 500 to 5 000 m2 From1994 54.3
Motor vehicle companies 0 to 250 m2 To 1921 59.0
Motor vehicle companies 0 to 250 m2 1922 to 1976 66.1
Motor vehicle companies 0 to 250 m2 1977 to 1993 60.7
Motor vehicle companies 0 to 250 m2 From1994 51.2
Motor vehicle companies 250 to 500 m2 To 1921 39.8
Motor vehicle companies 250 to 500 m2 1922 to 1976 44.6
Motor vehicle companies 250 to 500 m2 1977 to 1993 46.1
Motor vehicle companies 250 to 500 m2 From1994 43.3
Motor vehicle companies 500 to 1 000 m2 To 1921 33.3
Motor vehicle companies 500 to 1 000 m2 1922 to 1976 39.5
Motor vehicle companies 500 to 1 000 m2 1977 to 1993 46.1
Motor vehicle companies 500 to 1 000 m2 From1994 44.9
Motor vehicle companies 1 000 to 2 500 m2 To 1921 .
Motor vehicle companies 1 000 to 2 500 m2 1922 to 1976 41.9
Motor vehicle companies 1 000 to 2 500 m2 1977 to 1993 46.9
Motor vehicle companies 1 000 to 2 500 m2 From1994 51.0
Motor vehicle companies 2 500 to 5 000 m2 To 1921 .
Motor vehicle companies 2 500 to 5 000 m2 1922 to 1976 39.9
Motor vehicle companies 2 500 to 5 000 m2 1977 to 1993 54.7
Motor vehicle companies 2 500 to 5 000 m2 From1994 54.9
Motor vehicle repair services 0 to 250 m2 To 1921 49.3
Motor vehicle repair services 0 to 250 m2 1922 to 1976 68.3
Motor vehicle repair services 0 to 250 m2 1977 to 1993 70.2
Motor vehicle repair services 0 to 250 m2 From1994 54.1
Motor vehicle repair services 250 to 500 m2 To 1921 37.9
Motor vehicle repair services 250 to 500 m2 1922 to 1976 50.4
Motor vehicle repair services 250 to 500 m2 1977 to 1993 56.4
Motor vehicle repair services 250 to 500 m2 From1994 53.3
Motor vehicle repair services 500 to 1 000 m2 To 1921 .
Motor vehicle repair services 500 to 1 000 m2 1922 to 1976 47.4
Motor vehicle repair services 500 to 1 000 m2 1977 to 1993 56.8
Motor vehicle repair services 500 to 1 000 m2 From1994 54.4
Motor vehicle repair services 1 000 to 2 500 m2 To 1921 .
Motor vehicle repair services 1 000 to 2 500 m2 1922 to 1976 46.9
Motor vehicle repair services 1 000 to 2 500 m2 1977 to 1993 58.8
Motor vehicle repair services 1 000 to 2 500 m2 From1994 59.3
Motor vehicle repair services 2 500 to 5 000 m2 To 1921 .
Motor vehicle repair services 2 500 to 5 000 m2 1922 to 1976 .
Motor vehicle repair services 2 500 to 5 000 m2 1977 to 1993 .
Motor vehicle repair services 2 500 to 5 000 m2 From1994 55.2
Source: CBS.
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This table contains figures on the average consumption of electricity and natural gas per m2 floor area and by construction period for different types of buildings used in the services sector. Only data on electricity and gas delivered through the public grid are included. The consumption of natural gas has been corrected for temperature effects.

Energy intensities are often used to evaluate policies and for benchmarking.

Data are based on year 2012.

Status of the figures:
The status of the figures is definite.

Changes as of 30 January 2019:
The underlying codes of the classifications used in this table have been adjusted. These are now in line with the standard codes set by Statistics Netherlands.
The structure and data of the table are not adjusted.

Changes as of 11 March 2016:
No changes, this is a new table.

When will new figures be published?
Energy intensities do not change very quickly over time. Though gas intensities have been corrected for temperature, it is not possible to completely remove all temperature effects on gas intensities. To limit the effect of temperature on gas intensities, the energy intensities have been published for the year 2012. The year 2012 was an average year when looking to temperature.

Description topics

Average consumption of electricity
Delivered electricity via the public grid.

The grid of national electricity distribution company TenneT and the regional distribution companies of electricity.

Electricity is a flow of electrons used to light lamps or to operate washing machines. Electrons are elementary particles in an atom with a negative charge that flow by a potential difference.