Commercial/Institutional Sector
Atlantic1
Table 12: Offices2 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 Energy Use for Offices2 (PJ) 18.5   18.9 18.6 21.5 19.6 19.3 17.1 19.0 18.6 17.1 18.8 19.7 17.6 16.1 17.6 18.1 17.5 17.0

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 8.9   9.2 9.1 9.8 8.6 9.0 8.6 8.8 9.0 8.9 9.1 8.3 8.9 8.6 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 1.5 1.8 2.2 3.0
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 4.8   5.0 5.1 5.3 5.1 4.4 3.9 4.9 5.4 5.2 6.4 6.6 5.0 5.8 5.9 6.1 5.2 4.3
Heavy Fuel Oil 4.2   4.0 3.8 5.6 5.5 5.5 4.2 4.8 3.6 2.6 2.8 4.2 3.2 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.0
Steam 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
Other3 0.6   0.7 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Shares (%)
Electricity 48.1   48.8 48.9 45.6 43.9 46.6 50.2 46.6 48.5 52.0 48.5 42.3 50.7 53.5 51.6 50.7 52.9 55.2
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.6 1.1 1.2 2.1 8.6 9.8 12.6 17.7
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 26.2   26.3 27.2 24.5 25.8 22.6 22.9 25.8 29.2 30.5 34.2 33.7 28.6 35.7 33.7 33.7 29.6 25.4
Heavy Fuel Oil 22.6   21.3 20.2 25.9 28.3 28.7 24.3 25.4 19.4 14.9 15.0 21.4 18.1 7.0 4.4 4.0 2.9 0.0
Steam 0.0   0.1 0.1 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
Other3 3.1   3.6 3.6 2.9 1.9 2.0 2.5 2.2 2.6 2.0 1.7 1.4 1.4 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.7

Activity
Floor Space (million m2) 15.28   15.61 15.81 16.16 16.43 16.74 17.03 17.30 17.51 17.86 18.05 18.25 18.53 18.65 18.63 18.67 18.67 18.81
Energy Intensity (GJ/m2) 1.21   1.21 1.18 1.33 1.19 1.15 1.00 1.10 1.06 0.96 1.04 1.08 0.95 0.86 0.95 0.97 0.94 0.90
Total GHG Emissions for Offices2 Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 0.7   0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5

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 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.3   0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.3   0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Steam 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
Other3 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) 37.4   36.7 36.6 39.1 40.6 38.7 36.0 38.6 36.8 34.1 36.7 41.2 35.1 32.2 31.9 32.3 30.1 27.4

Footnotes:

1) Data on GHG emissions are presented excluding GHG emissions related to electricity production.
2) “Offices” includes activities related to finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; professional, scientific and technical services; public administration; and others.
3) “Other” includes coal and propane.