Energy Data from Various U.S. Cities Released

By Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy – March 1, 2013

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New York City and San Francisco collected and analyzed energy consumption data for buildings in the city. Below is a summary chart showing the information contained in the three sets of data.

	Reporting Period	Number of Buildings		Energy (Electricity, Gas, Steam)			Water

NYC(1)	August 2008 - April 2012	36		Yes (separate, $)			Yes (Gallons/sq.ft.)
NYC(2)	2011	4082		Yes (kBTU/sq.ft. )			No
San Francisco	2011	305		Yes (kBTU/sq.ft. )			No

	Greenhouse gas emission		Reporting Frequency			Building type
			Monthly		Annually	Government		Private
NYC(1)	No		Yes		No	Yes		No
NYC(2)	Yes (Metric tonnes of CO₂/sq.ft.)		No		Yes	Yes		Yes
San Francisco	Yes (lbs of CO₂/sq.ft.)		small line graph		Yes	Yes		No