Commercial/Institutional Sector
Quebec
Table 44: Offices1 Space Conditioning Secondary Energy Use by End Use and by Energy Source
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Space Cooling Energy Use for Offices1 (PJ) 5.6   5.3 4.4 4.4 4.6

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 5.3   5.0 4.1 4.1 4.3
Natural Gas 0.3   0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Shares (%)
Electricity 94.5   94.1 94.1 94.1 94.1
Natural Gas 5.5   5.9 5.9 5.9 5.9

Activity
Floor Space (million m2) 39.29   58.90 59.41 59.86 60.49
Energy Intensity (MJ/m2) 141.72   89.60 73.64 73.68 75.64
Space Heating Energy Use for Offices1 (PJ) 36.2   35.5 36.1 29.4 29.3

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 7.7   16.8 16.9 15.9 15.4
Natural Gas 21.1   15.7 16.0 11.6 11.9
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 5.3   1.6 1.7 1.2 1.2
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.9   0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Steam 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other2 1.2   1.2 1.3 0.7 0.7

Shares (%)
Electricity 21.3   47.4 46.8 53.9 52.5
Natural Gas 58.3   44.3 44.2 39.3 40.7
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 14.8   4.5 4.8 4.0 4.1
Heavy Fuel Oil 2.4   0.5 0.6 0.3 0.3
Steam 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other2 3.2   3.4 3.6 2.4 2.4

Activity
Floor Space (million m2) 46.58   58.90 59.41 59.86 60.49
Energy Intensity (MJ/m2) 777.53   602.97 607.84 491.63 484.75
Heating Degree-Day Index 0.97   0.97 1.00 0.87 0.84
Cooling Degree-Day Index 0.78   1.86 1.23 1.71 1.74

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.
2) “Other” includes coal and propane.