Commercial/Institutional Sector
British Columbia and Territories1
Table 7: Retail Trade Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by End Use
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Energy Use for Retail Trade (PJ) 20.6   17.8 18.3 17.3 17.4

Energy Use by End Use (PJ)
Space Heating 12.0   8.4 8.9 8.7 8.7
Water Heating 1.5   1.2 1.2 0.9 0.9
Auxiliary Equipment 1.8   2.7 2.6 2.5 2.5
Auxiliary Motors 1.6   1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9
Lighting 3.2   3.8 3.9 3.7 3.7
Space Cooling 0.5   0.7 0.7 0.6 0.8

Shares (%)
Space Heating 58.1   47.1 48.5 50.0 49.9
Water Heating 7.4   7.0 6.5 5.4 5.3
Auxiliary Equipment 8.7   15.0 14.4 14.5 14.4
Auxiliary Motors 7.8   5.9 5.5 5.0 5.0
Lighting 15.6   21.1 21.5 21.4 21.1
Space Cooling 2.4   3.9 3.6 3.6 4.3

Activity
Floor Space (million m2) 13.75   17.08 16.94 16.75 16.70
Energy Intensity (GJ/m2) 1.50   1.04 1.08 1.03 1.04
Total GHG Emissions for Retail Trade Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 0.6   0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

GHG Emissions by End Use (Mt of CO2e)
Space Heating 0.5   0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4
Water Heating 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
Auxiliary Equipment 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Auxiliary Motors 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lighting 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Space Cooling 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 29.5   23.1 23.5 23.7 24.2

Footnotes:

1) Data on GHG emissions are presented excluding GHG emissions related to electricity production.