Commercial/Institutional Sector
British Columbia and Territories1
Table 32: Space Cooling Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Total Space Cooling Energy Use (PJ) 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

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 2.8   2.8 4.3 4.9 5.4 2.8 2.9 3.5 4.3 5.2 5.0 2.9 4.6 3.4 6.9 7.8 5.0 8.0
Natural Gas 0.2   0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.5

Shares (%)
Electricity 94.5   94.4 94.3 94.2 94.1 94.1 94.1 94.1 94.1 94.1 94.1 94.1 94.1 94.1 94.1 94.1 94.2 94.2
Natural Gas 5.5   5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.8 5.8

Activity
Total Floor Space (million m2) 54.45   56.94 59.85 62.77 65.91 68.68 71.44 74.47 77.08 79.32 80.82 81.84 83.21 84.05 85.19 85.71 86.35 87.57
Energy Intensity (GJ/m2) 0.05   0.05 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.04 0.06 0.04 0.09 0.10 0.06 0.10
Total Space Cooling GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 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 Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity –   – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Natural Gas 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) 2.8   2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9
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.