# Energy in buildings and Wholesale and retail trade

Wholesale and retail trade depends on energy in buildings.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/energy-in-buildings-and-wholesale-and-retail-trade/

[Energy in buildings](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_buildings/) (energy) and [Wholesale and retail trade](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/wholesale_retail/) (industry): 1 relationship.

## How they are linked

### 1. Industry input

*Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Energy in buildings → Wholesale and retail trade*

5 of the enterprise types in Wholesale and retail trade depend on energy in buildings; for the most dependent, it rates 3 out of 5 on criticality.

- **5** enterprise types depend on it
- **3 of 5** highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

- Mall owners and retail real-estate developers: building energy (criticality 3 of 5)
- Sourcing agents, importers and private-label contract buyers: offices and labs (criticality 2 of 5)
- Distributors, stockists and carrying-and-forwarding agents: depots (criticality 2 of 5)
- Cash-and-carry and B2B wholesale platforms: depot lighting and cooling (criticality 2 of 5)
- Store cleaning, security and facility services: site operations (criticality 1 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.