EIA’s Residential & Commercial Studies Require Significant Data Collection & Analysis Accord

U.S. Energy Information Administration ----- EIA's two studies of energy-related characteristics and energy consumption, the Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) and the Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS), require years of preparation, data collection, analysis, modeling, and dissemination for each survey cycle. Ongoing improvements to both surveys aim to increase data quality while reducing the time between data collection release. These efforts are already resulting in shorter timelines for data releases. Notably, RECS household characteristics data for a 2015 sample that were collected through the first half of 2016 are scheduled for release this month, to be followed with release of corresponding energy consumption and expenditure data early next year. For more information on EIA's residential and commercial studies click on the picture below to read more from EIA.