Residential Sector
Nova Scotia1
Table 9: Space Heating GHG Emissions by System Type
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Space Heating GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 1.4   1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9

GHG Emissions by System Type (Mt of CO2e)
Heating Oil – Normal Efficiency 0.6   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heating Oil – Medium Efficiency 0.5   0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6
Heating Oil – High Efficiency 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas – Normal Efficiency 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas – Medium Efficiency 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas – High Efficiency 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Electric 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heat Pump 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other2 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wood 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Dual Systems
Wood/Electric 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Wood/Heating Oil 0.2   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Natural Gas/Electric 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heating Oil/Electric 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Heating Oil – Normal Efficiency 40.4   0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heating Oil – Medium Efficiency 37.7   64.3 65.9 65.5 64.7
Heating Oil – High Efficiency 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas – Normal Efficiency 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas – Medium Efficiency 0.0   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Natural Gas – High Efficiency 0.0   0.9 1.0 1.0 1.1
Electric 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heat Pump 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other2 2.2   3.2 3.2 3.0 3.4
Wood 2.0   2.0 1.7 1.7 1.7

Dual Systems
Wood/Electric 5.2   9.3 8.0 8.2 8.4
Wood/Heating Oil 12.1   19.1 19.2 19.7 19.7
Natural Gas/Electric 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heating Oil/Electric 0.4   0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 50.7   38.8 39.2 38.9 38.3
Heat Gains (PJ) 2.5   2.4 2.4 2.3 2.2
Heating Degree-Day Index 0.94   0.96 1.00 0.87 0.81

Footnotes:

1) Data on GHG emissions are presented excluding GHG emissions related to electricity production only.
2) “Other” includes coal and propane.