Energy use guidelines for public/nonprofit buildings

The Institutional Conservation Program, created by the 1978 National Energy Conservation Policy Act, aims to collect basic information on eligible buildings for the purpose of designing energy conservation programs, comparing results of similar buildings, and forecasting sector energy consumption. Information was collected on almost 15,000 buildings in 10 states, along with computer programs relating to such information. There are strong regional differences in the types of fuels consumed, and energy use depends strongly on building function. No single variable adequately explains differences in energy use among buildings.