Commercial/Institutional Sector
Canada
Table 53: Space Cooling Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Space Cooling Energy Use (PJ) 45.5   65.0 53.6 54.8 55.9

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 43.0   61.2 50.5 51.6 52.4
Natural Gas 2.5   3.9 3.1 3.1 3.5

Shares (%)
Electricity 94.6   94.1 94.3 94.3 93.7
Natural Gas 5.4   5.9 5.7 5.7 6.3

Activity
Floor Space (million m2) 468.59   710.96 716.87 723.08 731.31
Energy Intensity (GJ/m2) 0.10   0.09 0.07 0.08 0.08
Total Space Cooling GHG Emissions Including Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 2.7   2.2 1.8 1.7 1.7

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity 2.6   2.0 1.6 1.5 1.5
Natural Gas 0.1   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Shares (%)
Electricity 95.4   91.3 91.5 90.7 89.7
Natural Gas 4.6   8.7 8.5 9.3 10.3
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 59.1   34.0 33.4 30.5 30.3
Total Space Cooling GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 0.1   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 2.7   2.9 2.8 2.8 3.1
Cooling Degree-Day Index 0.91   1.89 1.23 1.76 1.84