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Key Market Sectors
HPAC ENGINEERING provides targeted reach to mechanical engineering professionals and facility owners/operators across the entire non-residential buildings marketplace, with special concentration in key commercial, industrial and institutional sectors.
This approach allows us to deliver critical information to designers/specifiers involved in the largest buildings projects where the vast majority of HVAC dollars are being spent. Which means we can deliver your advertising message with greater impact, efficiency and effectiveness.
GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS
Federal, state and local governments spend a lot of money on construction, and buildings construciton is no exception. Government construction spending accounts for nearly one-third of all construction spending in the non-residential buldings marketplace, the majority of which is spent on public schools.
Market Size:
- 635,000 total Government-owned buildings, including:
- 245,000 public School Buildings
- 7,000 Hospitals/Clinics/Medical Facilities
- 82,000 Government-owned Office Buildings
- 250,000 Other Government-owned Facilities (public assembly, public safety, warehouses, etc.)
- 15 billion square feet of floor space
- Uses 15% of all energy consumed by non-residential buildings; 60% of that for HVAC.
- Use 13% of all electricity consumed by non-residential buildings; 42% of that for HVAC.
- Uses 14% of all natural gas consumed by non-residential buildings; 50% of that for HVAC.
- Government Buildings Construction Spending in 2009:
- $86 billion on Educational Buildings
- $15 billion on Offices
- $10 billion on Health Care Facilities
- $14 billion on Public Safety Facilities
- $54 billion on Other Government (public assembly, amusement & recreation, warehouses, etc)
- $179 billion Total Government Buildings
Sources: Department of Energy 2003 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption
Survey, American Hospital Association, U.S. Census Bureau.
EDUCATION
Education
is the largest non-resdiential buildings segment in terms of
construction dollars. The value of school construction has risen
steadily over the past several years, surpassing the $100-billion
markin 2007. In addition to new schools for America's ever-growing
population, aging school buildings continue to provide opportunities
for modernization and replacement.
Market Size:
- 99,000
public elementary and secondary schools in 13,900 school districts,
plus 33,700 private K-12 schools and 4,200 colleges & universities
– approximately 137,000 total schools.
- 386,000 total buildings; 8% of the total non-resdiential buildings market (Ranks #5).
- 9.9 billion square feet of floor space; 14% of total non-residential buildings flor space (Ranks #4).
- 74% of K-12 schools and 64% of all school buildings (245,000) are government-owned.
- Uses 14% of all energy consumed by non-residential buildings; 67% of that for HVAC.
- Use 12% of all electricity consumed by non-residential buildings; 48% of that for HVAC.
- Uses 14% of all natural gas consumed by non-residential buildings; 77% of that for HVAC.
- Total Education Buildings Construction Spending in 2009:
- $86 billion on Government-owned Schools & Universities
- $17 billion on Private Schools & Universities
- $103 billion Total Education
Sources: Department of Energy 2003 Commercial Buildings
Energy Consumption Survey, U.S. Census Bureau.
MANUFACTURING
The U.S. Census Bureau's 2007 Economic Census lists 294,000 manufactjring establishments, which it defines as "plants, factories or mills." Despite a reduction of 16% fromthe 350,000 manufavturing establishments listed in the 2002 Economic Census and the economic recession of 2008-2009, this sector has enjoyed onsiderable growth in the value of construciton in recent years.
Market Size:
- 294,000 establishments (Facrories, Mills, Plants).
- Used 31% of all energy consumed in the U.S. in 2008.
- Used 76.8 billion KwH of electricity for HVAC in 2005.
- Used 406 billion cubic feet of natural gas for HVAC in 2005.
- Total Manufacturing Buildings Construction Spending in 2009: $75 billion.
Sources: Annual Energy Review 2008, Energy Information Administration,
Bureau of Labor Statistics,U.S. Census Bureau.
HEALTH CARE
The Health Care sector has enjoyed ten years of growth that saw construction spending double from 1999 through 2008. The driving factors – an aging population, retirement of baby boomers and increased birth rates – will not change significantly in the next few years.
Market Size:
- 5,700 registered U.S. Hospitals.
- 129,000 buildings: includes 7,000 government-owned medical facilities.
- 32 billion square feet of floor space.
- Uses 10% of all energy consumed by non-residential buildings; 52% of that for HVAC.
- Use 8% of all electricity consumed by non-residential buildings; 33% of that for HVAC.
- Uses 13% of all natural gas consumed by non-residential buildings; 56% of that for HVAC.
- Total Health Care Buildings Construction Spending in 2009:
- $10 billion on Government-owned Hospitals & Medical Facilities
- $37 billion on Private Hospitals & Medical Faciltiies
- $47 billion Total Health Care
Sources: Department of Energy 2003 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption
Survey, American Hospital Association, U.S. Census Bureau.
OFFICE BUILDINGS
Representing 17% of all non-residential buildings and square footage, the Office Buildings sector ranks as the #1 category in terms of size and scope.
Thia category made a steady recovery after the devastation of 9/11/2001, posting double-digit growth in both 2006 and 2007. However, the declinging U.S. economy sent office buildign construction into a slide in 2009.
Market Size:
- 824,000 commercial office buildings, including 82,000 government-owned office buildings (Ranks #1).
- 12.2 billion square feet of floor space (Ranks #1).
- Uses 19% of all energy consumed by non-residential buildings; 50% of that for HVAC.
- Use 24% of all electricity consumed by non-residential buildings; 33% of that for HVAC.
- Uses 14% of all natural gas consumed by non-residential buildings; 85% of that for HVAC.
- Total Office Buildings Construction Spending in 2009:
- $15 billion on Government-owned Offices
- $40 billion on Private Offices
- $55 billion Total Office Buildings
Sources: Department of Energy 2003 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption
Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Census Bureau.
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