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COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING ENERGY USE SURVEY 2000 (CIBEUS) Detailed Statistical Report, December 2002

Appendix E. DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDING ACTIVITY CODES

For this survey, buildings were categorized by the main activity(ies) or function(s) occupying the majority of the floor space of a building in 2000. This section provides details on what activities are included in each category.

Commercial and institutional accommodation

COMMERCIAL BUILDING TYPES

This category includes buildings for which the main activity is a commercial activity, such as

  • Boarding house
  • Casino hotel
  • Extended-stay hotel
  • Hotel
  • Inn
  • Motel, motor hotel
  • Tourist home
  • Other unclassified commercial accommodation
  • Other unclassified long-term residence (commercial)
  • Other unclassified short-term residence (commercial)

INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING TYPES

This category includes buildings for which the main activity is an institutional activity, such as

  • Elder care facility (limited medical facilities)
  • Emergency shelter
  • Group foster home
  • Half-way house
  • Home for people with physical disabilities
  • Home for the aged
  • Hospital or group home for people with developmental disabilities
  • Monastery/convent
  • Nursing home
  • Orphanage
  • Presbytery
  • Other unclassified assisted-living facility
  • Other unclassified institutional accommodation
  • Other unclassified long-term residence (institutional)
  • Other unclassified short-term residence (institutional)

Entertainment and recreation

This category includes buildings for which the main activity is an entertainment and recreation activity, such as

  • Casino
  • Flea market building
  • Horse race track
  • Indoor pool
  • Movie theatre
  • Night club
  • Permanent building on a camp, campground or RV park
  • Radio/television station or studio
  • Resort
  • Skating rink
  • Sporting arena (fully enclosed)
  • Stadium
  • Theatre
  • Other unclassified enclosed buildings located on outdoor activity sites
  • Other unclassified entertainment and recreational buildings
  • Other unclassified entertainment building (arcade, bingo hall, dance hall, pool hall)
  • Other unclassified recreational building (bowling alley, gymnasium, fitness centre)

Office

This category includes buildings for which the main activity is an office activity, such as

  • Accounting, bookkeeping or tax preparation
  • Architecture, engineering, legal or other professions (except medical)
  • Communications, marketing, advertising or public relations agencies
  • Financial office (bank, brokerage firm, insurance, securities)
  • Human resources, management or information systems consulting
  • Private office (corporate head or branch office)
  • Real estate management office
  • Real estate sales office
  • Other unclassified private, financial or professional office
  • Other unclassified professional or consulting office
  • Other unclassified real estate office

Food retail

This category includes buildings for which the main activity is a food retail activity, such as

  • Beer or liquor store
  • Convenience store in a gasoline station
  • Convenience store or market
  • Farmer's market, fruit/vegetable market
  • Grocery store, supermarket or superstore
  • Meat/seafood store
  • Retail bakery
  • Specialty food store
  • Other food retail

Non-food retail

This category includes buildings for which the main activity is a non-food retail activity, such as

  • Art dealer
  • Clothing store
  • Department store
  • Drugstore/pharmacy
  • Electronics and appliances (including computers, software, stereos/televisions)
  • Furniture and home furnishings (including building materials, hardware)
  • Motor vehicle parts and sales (including trucks, motorcycles, boats)
  • Optical equipment (opticians) and camera equipment sales
  • Other non-food retail

Food services

This category includes buildings for which the main activity is a food services activity, such as

  • Carry-out service (fast-food restaurant, pizza parlour, sandwich shop)
  • Caterer
  • Coffee shop, doughnut or bagel shop
  • Drinking establishment - alcoholic beverages (bar, lounge, night club)
  • Full-menu-service restaurant (diner, family restaurant, fine dining)
  • Prepared-meal service (cafeteria)
  • Other food services

Non-food service

This category includes buildings for which the main activity is a non-food service activity, such as

  • Agricultural/biological laboratory
  • Aircraft hangar
  • Bus maintenance facility
  • Crematorium
  • Dry cleaner/laundry (including linen and uniform supply)
  • Food-testing laboratory
  • Funeral home
  • Gasoline station
  • Maintenance facility for road and construction equipment
  • Mechanical/electrical laboratory
  • Medical/dental laboratory
  • Motor vehicle repair/service/maintenance (including car wash)
  • Multi-service establishment
  • Personal service (hair salon, esthetic service, tattoo parlour)
  • Photofinishing (excluding camera equipment sales; see Non-food retail)
  • Photographer (excluding camera equipment sales; see Non-food retail)
  • Rail maintenance facility
  • Repair and maintenance services (appliance repair)
  • Veterinary laboratory
  • Other non-food services
  • Other unclassified funeral service
  • Other unclassified laboratories
  • Other unclassified non-food services
  • Other unclassified transportation or maintenance facility
  • Other unclassified vehicle maintenance facility

Shopping centres

This categories includes the following types of buildings:

  • Enclosed shopping mall (group of enclosed retail outlets sharing common indoor areas)
  • Strip mall (a group of retail outlets without common indoor areas)
  • Other unclassified shopping centres

Warehouse/wholesale

This category includes buildings for which the main activity is a warehouse/wholesale activity, such as

  • Cold storage (food)
  • Cold storage (mixed)
  • Cold storage (non-food)
  • Freezer storage (food)
  • Freezer storage (mixed)
  • Freezer storage (non-food)
  • Non-refrigerated self storage
  • Non-refrigerated storage (food)
  • Non-refrigerated storage (mixed)
  • Non-refrigerated storage (non-food)
  • Other refrigerated warehousing (food and non-food)
  • Other unclassified refrigerated storage (food)
  • Other unclassified refrigerated storage (non-food)
  • Other unclassified warehouse/wholesale facilities

Administration

This category includes buildings for which the main activity is an administration activity, such as

  • Aboriginal band or tribal corporation
  • Aboriginal or band council
  • Crown corporations - federal
  • Crown corporations - provincial (provincial utilities)
  • Fire station
  • Federal courthouse
  • Federal police (RCMP)
  • Federal prison/penitentiary
  • Municipal corporations (municipal utilities)
  • Municipal police
  • National defence (excluding military bases and secure facilities)
  • Office of a religious organization
  • Office of a trade union or labour union
  • Office of native peoples or First Nations (excluding band councils / other governmental organizations)
  • Provincial courthouse
  • Provincial jail / correctional facility
  • Provincial police
  • Town hall
  • Other public administration - federal
  • Other public administration - municipal
  • Other public administration - provincial
  • Other unclassified administration
  • Other unclassified administration of a non-profit organization
  • Other unclassified government corporations
  • Other unclassified public administration - First Nations

Education

This category includes buildings for which the main activity is an education activity, such as

  • Business school (including career development training)
  • CÉGEP (in Quebec)
  • Community college
  • Continuing or adult education
  • Degree-granting university or college
  • Driving school with classrooms
  • High school / collegiate / polyvalent school
  • Language training
  • Middle school (junior high / senior public)
  • Pre-school / day-care / "crèche"
  • Regular elementary school
  • School of art, dance, drama or music
  • School of information technology (including computer/software training)
  • Specialized elementary school
  • Specialized secondary school
  • Trade school (skilled manual trades)
  • University academic building (classroom, laboratory or office)
  • University administration
  • University auditorium / concert hall
  • University dormitory
  • University gymnasium / athletic facility
  • University library/archive/gallery/museum
  • University stadium
  • University student union or centre
  • Other unclassified educational building
  • Other unclassified vocational school

Health care

This category includes buildings for which the main activity is a health care activity, such as

  • Abortion / birth control
  • Alcoholism, drug addiction, narcotics/substance abuse
  • Ambulance dispatch centre
  • Chiropractic clinic or office
  • CLSC (in Quebec), Community Health Centre
  • Dental clinic or office
  • Emergency walk-in, after-hours clinic
  • Medical hospital
  • Medical or veterinarian clinic/office
  • Mental facility (psychiatric hospital)
  • Optometrist or ophthalmologist (excludes optical equipment / opticians; see Non-food retail)
  • Physical, occupational or speech therapist
  • Physical therapy
  • Psychiatrist (with MD)
  • Psychologist, psychotherapist, social worker
  • Specialized clinic (orthopaedic, osteopath, ear, nose and throat)
  • Veterinary clinic or office
  • Other unclassified health care - in-patient care
  • Other unclassified health care - out-patient clinic or office
  • Other unclassified mental health clinic or office
  • Other unclassified rehabilitation facility

Public assembly

This category includes buildings for which the main activity is a public assembly activity, such as

  • Airline terminal
  • Archive
  • Art gallery (excludes art dealers; see Non-food retail)
  • Assembly hall or lodge (of non-profit organization)
  • Auditorium / lecture hall
  • Bus station or terminal
  • Centre for performing arts
  • Community centre
  • Concert hall
  • Convention centre
  • Historic and heritage sites (historical fort, heritage village)
  • Library
  • Marine terminal (ferry)
  • Museum / exhibit hall
  • Public worship buildings (chapel, church, mosque, synagogue, temple)
  • Train station
  • Other unclassified cultural centres
  • Other unclassified passenger terminals
  • Other unclassified public assembly facilities
  • Other unclassified public halls

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