Commercial and Institutional Building Energy Use Survey 2000 (CIBEUS) Summary Report, December 2003

Appendix

Description of building activity sectors
For the purpose of the survey, buildings were classified according to the main use(s) to which most of their floor space was put in 2000. In this appendix, we provide details of the activities included in each category.

Commercial and institutional accommodation

Commercial:
Rooming houses; casino hotels; extended-stay hotels; hotels; inns; motels; motor inns; tourist homes; other unclassified commercial accommodation establishments; unclassified long-term (commercial) residences; other unclassified short-term (commercial) residences.

Institutional:
Establishments providing services to seniors (limited medical facilities); emergency shelters; group homes; halfway houses; old-age homes; residences for persons with disabilities; hospitals and group homes for persons with developmental disabilities; monasteries/convents; nursing homes; orphanages; rectories; other unclassified service residences; other unclassified institutional accommodation establishments; other unclassified long-term (institutional) residences; other unclassified short-term (institutional) residences.

Entertainment and recreation
Casinos; flea markets; race courses; indoor swimming pools; movie theatres; nightclubs; permanent buildings in a camp, on a campsite or in a recreational-vehicle (RV) park; radio and TV stations and studios; resorts; ice rinks; sport establishments (completely enclosed); stadiums; theatres; other unclassified entertainment and recreation buildings; other unclassified entertainment buildings (electronic games, bingo, dance and pool halls); other unclassified recreation buildings (bowling lanes, gymnasiums, physical fitness centres).

Office
Accounting, bookkeeping, preparation of tax returns; architecture, engineering, liberal and other professions (except medical professions); communication, marketing, advertising and public relations agencies; financial services (banks, brokerages, insurance companies, securities); human resources, management and computer systems consultants; private offices (head offices and branches); property management companies; realtors; other unclassified, private financial and professional services; other unclassified professional and consulting services; other unclassified real estate offices.

Food retails
Beer, wine and spirits stores; convenience stores in gas stations; convenience stores or markets; agricultural producers and fruit and vegetables markets; grocery stores, supermarkets and hypermarkets; butcheries/ fish markets; bakeries/confectioners; specialty food stores; other food retails.

Non-food retails
Art dealers; clothing stores; department stores; pharmacies; appliance and electronics (including computers, software, stereo equipment and TVs) stores; furniture and household accessories (including building materials and hardware) stores; vehicles and parts (including trucks, motorcycles and boats) sales; optical equipment (opticians) and photography stores; other non-food retails.

Food service
Take-out (fast-food restaurants, pizzerias, sandwich bars); caterers; coffee, doughnut and bagel shops; drinking establishments - alcohol (bars, cocktail lounges, nightclubs); menu and full-service restaurants (small restaurants, family restaurants, large restaurants); prepared food services (cafeterias); other food services.

Non-food service
Agriculture/biology laboratories; aircraft hangars; bus maintenance shops; crematoriums; cleaners/launderers (including linen and uniform suppliers); food analysis laboratories; funeral homes; gas stations; highway and construction material and equipment maintenance shops; mechanical/ electrical laboratories; medical/dental laboratories; automobile repair, service and maintenance shops (including carwashes); multi-service establishments; personal services (hairdressing, beauty and tattooing salons); photo developing; photography (excluding photographic equipment sales); railway maintenance facilities; repair and maintenance services; veterinary laboratories; other non-food services; other unclassified funeral services; other unclassified laboratories; other unclassified non-food services; other transportation and maintenance facilities; other unclassified vehicle maintenance shops.

Shopping malls
Shopping malls (groups of retail stores sharing common indoor areas); strip malls (groups of retail stores with no common indoor area); other unclassified shopping malls.

Warehouse/wholesale
Refrigerated warehouses (food, mixed, non-food, frozen food products, frozen mixed products, frozen non-food products); non-refrigerated warehouses (self-serve, food, mixed, non-food); other refrigerated warehouses (food and non-food); other unclassified refrigerated warehouses (food and non-food); other unclassified warehouse and wholesale facilities.

Administration
First Nations and tribal corporations; First Nations and band councils; Crown corporations (federal, provincial); fire stations; federal courthouses; federal police (RCMP); federal penitentiaries/prisons; municipal corporations (municipal public utilities); municipal police; national defence (excluding military bases and protected units); Aboriginal peoples and First Nations offices (excluding band councils and other government agencies); offices of religious organizations; union offices; provincial courthouses; provincial prisons and correctional agencies; provincial police; city and town halls; other public administrations (federal, municipal, provincial); other unclassified administrations; other unclassified administrations of non-profit organizations; other unclassified Crown corporations; other unclassified public administrations (First Nations).

Education
Business schools (including training courses); CEGEPS; community colleges; continuing training and adult education; universities and degree-granting colleges; driver education schools with classrooms; secondary schools/ colleges/composite schools; language schools; intermediate schools (cycle I and II secondary schools); preschool/daycare/nursery establishments; regular elementary schools; art, dance, theatre and music schools; information technology training schools (including computer and software training); specialized elementary schools; specialized secondary schools; specialized trade schools; university teaching buildings (classrooms, laboratories, offices); university administrations; university auditoriums/ concert halls; university student residences; university gymnasiums/sport facilities; university libraries/archives/art galleries/museums; university stadiums; university social centres; other unclassified teaching buildings; other unclassified occupational/professional training schools.

Health care
Abortion/birth control; alcoholism, substance abuse, narcotics and psychotropic drug abuse; ambulance dispatch centres; chiropractic centres and offices; local community service centres (CLSC), community health centres; dental clinics, dentists' offices; emergency rooms, after-hours clinics; medical hospitals; medical and veterinary clinics/offices; psychiatric institutions (psychiatric hospitals); optometrists and ophthalmologists (excluding optical equipment/opticians); physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and speech therapists; physiotherapy; psychiatrists (MDs); psychologists, psychotherapists, social workers; specialized clinics (orthopedics, osteopathy, ear, nose and throat); veterinary clinics and hospitals; other unclassified health care (hospital in-patient care, outpatient clinics and offices); other unclassified mental health clinics and offices; other unclassified rehabilitation establishments.

Public assembly
Airports; archives; art galleries (excluding art dealers); meeting halls and rooms (non-profit organizations); auditoriums/conference rooms; bus terminals; performing arts centres; community centres; concert halls; convention centres; historic and heritage sites (historic forts, heritage villages); libraries; port terminals (ferries); museums/exhibition halls; religious worship buildings (chapels, churches, synagogues, temples); train stations; other unclassified cultural centres; other unclassified passenger stations; other unclassified public places; other unclassified public rooms.

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