Initial Reactions to an Interior Condition Part II

Phase 1: Research & Preliminary Design

Week 1: January 9, 2012-January 18, 2012

Percent of Occupied Housing Units that are Owner-Occupied

2005-2009 done by the American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates

Arizona, 68.3% estimate, 2,248,120 housing units

New Mexico, 69.6% estimate, 736, 630 housing units

Oklahoma, 67.9% estimate, 1,405,005 housing units

Texas, 64.7% estimate, 8,269,046 housing units

**Total number of estimated housing units in Southwestern USA: 12,658,801**

General Energy Facts: Consumption in the Residential Sector of the USA

In 2008, the US consumed the most energy in the world totaling reaching 20.2% consumption with a population of 304,000,000.  At this time China came in second consuming 17.3% consumption with a population three times that of the US totaling 1,317,000,000.

9% of the energy consumed in US residential households is used to space cool

Facts on Energy Consumption for Cooling of this Region

The South/West regions have the highest total in delivered energy for space cooling in an average household measured in Btu (heat value of fuels and power of cooling systems) 

The South/West regions have the highest total in the US for energy end-use expenditures (money spent) for an average household’s space cooling  

The South/West regions have the highest total in the US for new homes of every unit type completed in 2009 in thousand units and percent of total units

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