Commercial/Institutional Sector
British Columbia and Territories1
Table 2: Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by End Use
  2000   2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Total Energy Use (PJ) 120.8   122.7 132.8 118.4 113.5 112.2 112.0 123.1 125.6 119.0 115.9 117.5 120.4 117.8 116.7 111.3 112.3 116.3

Energy Use by End Use (PJ)
Space Heating 71.2   71.3 77.1 63.6 58.7 58.9 59.0 62.4 64.1 55.4 53.6 58.0 57.5 56.7 52.8 49.5 52.7 54.0
Water Heating 8.1   9.0 9.1 8.1 7.7 7.7 7.4 7.4 7.9 7.8 7.1 7.1 7.2 7.4 7.1 7.1 6.8 7.2
Auxiliary Equipment 12.5   13.3 15.3 14.4 14.5 15.2 14.9 17.9 17.4 19.6 19.3 19.7 19.8 19.8 19.2 19.2 19.1 18.8
Auxiliary Motors 9.2   9.3 9.5 9.7 9.6 9.9 8.9 10.0 10.0 9.5 9.3 8.6 9.4 10.3 9.8 7.2 7.6 7.1
Lighting 15.8   16.0 16.4 16.6 16.5 16.8 18.1 20.9 21.1 20.8 21.0 20.5 21.1 19.5 20.0 19.5 20.2 20.2
Space Cooling 3.0   2.9 4.5 5.2 5.7 3.0 3.1 3.7 4.6 5.5 5.3 3.1 4.9 3.6 7.3 8.3 5.3 8.5
Street Lighting 0.9   0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

Shares (%)
Space Heating 59.0   58.1 58.1 53.7 51.7 52.5 52.6 50.7 51.1 46.5 46.2 49.4 47.8 48.1 45.2 44.5 46.9 46.4
Water Heating 6.7   7.3 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.9 6.6 6.0 6.3 6.5 6.1 6.1 6.0 6.2 6.1 6.4 6.1 6.2
Auxiliary Equipment 10.3   10.9 11.5 12.1 12.8 13.6 13.3 14.5 13.9 16.5 16.6 16.7 16.4 16.8 16.4 17.2 17.0 16.2
Auxiliary Motors 7.6   7.6 7.2 8.2 8.5 8.8 7.9 8.1 8.0 8.0 8.0 7.3 7.8 8.7 8.4 6.5 6.8 6.1
Lighting 13.1   13.0 12.4 14.0 14.6 15.0 16.2 16.9 16.8 17.5 18.1 17.5 17.5 16.6 17.1 17.5 18.0 17.3
Space Cooling 2.5   2.4 3.4 4.4 5.0 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.6 4.6 4.6 2.6 4.1 3.1 6.3 7.5 4.7 7.3
Street Lighting 0.7   0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

Activity
Total Floor Space (million m2) 79.5   81.3 83.5 85.7 88.1 89.9 92.6 95.5 97.9 99.8 101.2 102.0 103.2 103.8 104.6 104.7 105.0 105.5
Energy Intensity2 (GJ/m2) 1.51   1.50 1.58 1.37 1.28 1.24 1.20 1.28 1.28 1.19 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.13 1.11 1.06 1.06 1.10
Total GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 3.6   3.6 4.2 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.0 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.8

GHG Emissions by End Use (Mt of CO2e)
Space Heating 3.2   3.1 3.6 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.9 2.5 2.3 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.1 2.2 2.3
Water Heating 0.4   0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4
Auxiliary Equipment 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Auxiliary Motors 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lighting 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Space Cooling 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Street Lighting 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 30.1   29.7 31.5 29.4 29.6 28.7 28.1 25.3 26.9 25.5 24.0 26.4 25.4 25.2 24.6 23.8 23.7 24.1
Heating Degree-Day Index 0.97   0.95 0.95 0.87 0.85 0.89 0.91 0.96 1.00 0.98 0.88 0.99 0.96 0.92 0.88 0.83 0.83 0.83
Cooling Degree-Day Index 0.78   0.66 1.55 2.36 3.48 1.58 1.62 1.37 1.57 2.81 1.71 0.85 1.59 1.23 2.10 2.69 1.42 2.69

Footnotes:

1) Data on GHG emissions are presented excluding GHG emissions related to electricity production.
2) Excludes street lighting.