Residential Lighting and Space Cooling Details
  2000   2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Total Lighting Energy Use1 (PJ)a 55.1   56.8 56.0 54.1 51.6 51.5 50.4

Activity
Total Households (thousands)a 11,652   13,876 13,991 14,137 14,296 14,367 14,569
Energy Intensity (GJ/Household)a 4.7   4.1 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.5
Heat Loss (PJ)a 24.1   24.3 25.2 22.9 21.1 21.7 22.0
Total Space Cooling Energy Use1 (PJ)a 13.1   24.0 22.1 27.9 35.2 26.7 36.1

Energy Use by Cooling System Type (PJ)a
Room 2.2   3.5 3.4 3.9 4.3 3.7 4.8
Central 10.9   20.5 18.7 24.0 30.9 23.1 31.3

Activity
Cooled Floor Space (million m2)a 500   907 933 955 988 1,015 1,043
Energy Intensity (MJ/m2)a 26.2   26.5 23.7 29.2 35.6 26.3 34.6
Cooling Degree-Day Indexa,b 0.91   1.18 1.11 1.37 1.78 1.37 1.89
Total Cooling System Stock (thousands)a 4,030   7,271 7,413 7,567 7,729 7,878 8,036

System Stock by Type (thousands)a
Room 1,425   2,422 2,412 2,425 2,426 2,428 2,434
Central 2,605   4,849 5,001 5,142 5,304 5,450 5,601

New Unit Efficiencya
Room (EER) 9.4   12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0 12.0
Central (SEER) 10.3   13.0 13.0 13.0 13.0 13.0 13.0

Stock Efficiencya
Room (EER) 8.3   11.0 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6
Central (SEER) 9.6   11.6 11.7 11.9 12.1 12.3 12.5

Footnotes:

1) Lighting and space cooling consume only electricity.

Sources:

a) Natural Resources Canada, Residential End-Use Model, Ottawa, 2022.
b) Environment and Climate Change Canada, Climate Summaries, Monthly Values of Degree-Days Above 18.0°C, 2000-2020, Ottawa.