Commercial/Institutional Sector
Canada
Table 20: Offices1 Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by End Use
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Energy Use for Offices1 (PJ) 329.6   424.7 440.8 402.8 398.5

Energy Use by End Use (PJ)
Space Heating 203.1   237.5 251.3 236.4 231.0
Water Heating 11.4   13.5 13.4 10.4 10.4
Auxiliary Equipment 33.6   71.7 74.7 60.4 60.9
Auxiliary Motors 18.1   15.6 15.4 13.7 13.7
Lighting 47.5   62.8 66.3 62.2 62.2
Space Cooling 15.9   23.6 19.6 19.8 20.4

Shares (%)
Space Heating 61.6   55.9 57.0 58.7 58.0
Water Heating 3.5   3.2 3.0 2.6 2.6
Auxiliary Equipment 10.2   16.9 16.9 15.0 15.3
Auxiliary Motors 5.5   3.7 3.5 3.4 3.4
Lighting 14.4   14.8 15.0 15.4 15.6
Space Cooling 4.8   5.6 4.5 4.9 5.1

Activity
Floor Space (million m2) 243.07   308.79 309.77 311.26 313.27
Energy Intensity (GJ/m2) 1.36   1.38 1.42 1.29 1.27
Total GHG Emissions for Offices1 Including Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 18.3   17.9 18.5 16.4 16.1

GHG Emissions by End Use (Mt of CO2e)
Space Heating 10.9   11.3 12.0 11.1 10.8
Water Heating 0.6   0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5
Auxiliary Equipment 2.0   2.5 2.5 1.9 1.9
Auxiliary Motors 1.1   0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4
Lighting 2.8   2.1 2.1 1.8 1.8
Space Cooling 0.9   0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6

Shares (%)
Space Heating 59.3   63.4 64.8 68.0 67.5
Water Heating 3.4   3.8 3.6 3.2 3.2
Auxiliary Equipment 10.9   13.9 13.7 11.5 11.7
Auxiliary Motors 5.9   2.9 2.7 2.5 2.5
Lighting 15.4   11.6 11.6 11.2 11.2
Space Cooling 5.1   4.5 3.5 3.7 3.9
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 55.7   42.1 42.1 40.6 40.3
Total GHG Emissions for Offices1 Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 10.6   11.2 11.8 10.9 10.6

GHG Emissions by End Use (Mt of CO2e)
Space Heating 9.9   10.2 10.9 10.1 9.8
Water Heating 0.6   0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5
Auxiliary Equipment 0.1   0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
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   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Shares (%)
Space Heating 93.0   91.1 91.6 92.7 92.4
Water Heating 5.4   5.8 5.4 4.5 4.6
Auxiliary Equipment 1.3   2.6 2.5 2.2 2.3
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 0.4   0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 32.2   26.3 26.9 26.9 26.6

Footnotes:

1) “Offices” includes activities related to finance and insurance; real estate and rental and leasing; professional, scientific and technical services; public administration; and others.