Building Electricity Consumption Rising Faster Than Occupancy

After dropping 24% during the height of the COVID-19 crisis in May, U.S. office building electricity consumption has risen back closer to historical levels and is within about 10% of pre-pandemic levels on average, according to new national data from Hatch Data.

In other words, national electricity consumption, when adjusted for temperature, dropped to 76% of the pre-pandemic level and has risen to 89% of the pre-pandemic level as of September 5, 2020. The low point, on a national level, occurred the week of May 10. (Click here to read a similar report from earlier in the pandemic.) Read more: