Residential Sector
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Table 13: Appliance Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Appliance Type
  2000   2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Appliance Energy Use (PJ) 61.9   66.5 65.4 66.6 61.3 62.1 60.6 62.1 64.5 66.5

Energy Use by Appliance Type (PJ)
Refrigerator 15.7   10.0 9.6 9.4 8.5 8.5 8.2 8.4 8.7 9.0
Freezer 5.4   3.0 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.8
Dishwasher2 1.5   0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7
Clothes Washer2 1.4   0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
Clothes Dryer 10.8   11.4 11.2 11.4 10.5 10.5 10.1 10.1 10.3 10.4
Range 11.0   12.0 11.5 11.8 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.7 10.9 11.1
Other Appliances3 16.0   28.4 28.6 29.5 27.5 28.2 27.8 29.1 30.8 32.0

Shares (%)
Refrigerator 25.4   15.0 14.7 14.2 13.8 13.7 13.5 13.6 13.5 13.6
Freezer 8.8   4.5 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.2
Dishwasher2 2.4   1.3 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0
Clothes Washer2 2.3   1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6
Clothes Dryer 17.5   17.1 17.1 17.1 17.1 16.9 16.6 16.3 15.9 15.6
Range 17.8   18.0 17.6 17.8 17.7 17.5 18.0 17.2 16.9 16.7
Other Appliances3 25.9   42.7 43.7 44.3 44.9 45.5 45.8 46.8 47.8 48.2

Activity
Total Households (thousands) 4,290.9   5,136.8 5,196.0 5,250.0 5,322.0 5,360.0 5,446.0 5,532.0 5,624.5 5,717.0
Energy Intensity (GJ/household) 14.4   13.0 12.6 12.7 11.5 11.6 11.1 11.2 11.5 11.6
Total Appliance GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 0.1   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

GHG Emissions by Appliance Type (Mt of CO2e)
Refrigerator 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Freezer 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Dishwasher2 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Clothes Washer2 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Clothes Dryer 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Range 0.1   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Other Appliances3 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 1.9   3.0 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.6 3.2 3.1 3.0

Heat Loss by Appliance Type (PJ)
Refrigerator 6.4   4.0 4.2 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.2 3.1
Freezer 2.2   1.2 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0
Dishwasher2 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Clothes Washer2 0.3   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Clothes Dryer 1.2   1.3 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.0
Range 3.8   4.0 4.2 4.0 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.3 3.2
Other3 6.6   11.4 12.4 11.9 10.6 11.4 11.2 12.1 11.3 11.1

Footnotes:

1) Data on GHG emissions are presented excluding GHG emissions related to electricity production only.
2) Excludes hot water requirements.
3) “Other Appliances” includes small appliances such as microwaves, televisions, cable boxes, video cassette recorders, stereo systems and computers.