Commercial/Institutional Sector
Atlantic
Table 38: Retail Trade Space Conditioning Secondary Energy Use by End Use and by Energy Source
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Space Cooling Energy Use for Retail Trade (PJ) 0.5   1.3 0.9 0.9 0.8

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 0.5   1.3 0.9 0.9 0.8
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Electricity 100.0   100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Activity
Floor Space (million m2) 4.58   6.86 6.89 6.88 6.97
Energy Intensity (MJ/m2) 110.77   187.12 133.77 137.49 113.22
Space Heating Energy Use for Retail Trade (PJ) 4.2   4.2 4.7 3.9 3.7

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 1.1   1.9 2.4 2.0 1.8
Natural Gas 0.0   1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 2.0   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.4   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Steam 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other1 0.7   0.6 0.6 0.4 0.3

Shares (%)
Electricity 25.4   46.1 51.6 50.5 48.6
Natural Gas 0.0   34.9 30.6 34.9 36.8
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 48.0   5.6 4.7 5.4 5.2
Heavy Fuel Oil 10.5   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Steam 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other1 16.0   13.4 13.2 9.2 9.4

Activity
Floor Space (million m2) 6.12   7.49 7.46 7.37 7.39
Energy Intensity (MJ/m2) 687.67   559.23 631.91 529.89 497.24
Heating Degree-Day Index 0.95   0.95 0.99 0.87 0.83
Cooling Degree-Day Index 0.99   2.78 1.68 2.73 2.25

Footnotes:

1) “Other” includes coal and propane.