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2 Historical Background
Pages 23-26

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... The law states: The Administrator shall be responsible for carrying out a central, compre hensive, and unified energy data and information program which will collect, evaluate, assemble, analyze, and disseminate data and information which is relevant to energy resource reserves, energy production, demand, and tech nology, and related economic and statistical information, or which is relevant to the adequacy of energy resources to meet demands in the near and longer term future for the Nation's economic and social needs.1 Under EIA's current organizational structure, the energy consumption surveys are housed in the Office of Energy Consumption and Efficiency Statistics, under the assistant administrator for energy statistics. (See http:// www.eia.gov/about/organization_chart.cfm [December 2011]
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From page 24...
... covers energy consumption in the commercial sector. For its consumption surveys, EIA defines a building as a structure that is completely enclosed, with walls that extend from the foundation to the roof, and a commercial building as a building intended for human occu pancy, in which at least half of the floor space is used for a purpose that is not residential, industrial, or agricultural.
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From page 25...
... The year 2011 was especially challenging for EIA, and particularly for the CBECS. After a lengthy delay in the processing of the 2007 CBECS, which had been based on a new design that was expected to be more cost effective, EIA announced, "Because the data do not meet EIA standards for quality, credible energy information, neither data tables nor a public use file will be released" (U.S.
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... . The budget cut led to the unfortunate suspension of work on the 2011 CBECS, which had just been awarded to a new data collection contractor.2 The panel assumes that reinstating the CBECS will be a priority in fiscal year 2012, given the lack of alternative sources of information about commercial buildings in the United States.
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