Residential Sector
British Columbia1
Table 7: Space Heating Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Vintage
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Space Heating Energy Use (PJ) 90.3   79.9 84.9 82.7 87.5

Energy Use by Vintage (PJ)
Before 1946 9.1   5.1 5.3 5.0 5.2
1946–1960 9.0   5.7 5.9 5.7 5.8
1961–1977 23.9   16.7 17.5 16.8 17.4
1978–1983 17.0   12.0 12.6 12.1 12.6
1984–1995 24.0   16.7 17.5 16.8 17.6
1996–2000 7.2   5.4 5.6 5.5 5.7
2001–2005 0.0   5.2 5.5 5.3 5.6
2006–2010 0.0   5.6 5.9 5.7 6.0
2011–2015 0.0   4.5 4.7 4.6 4.8
2016_2020 0.0   3.0 4.3 5.3 5.6
2021_after 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1

Shares (%)
Before 1946 10.1   6.4 6.2 6.1 5.9
1946–1960 10.0   7.1 7.0 6.8 6.7
1961–1977 26.5   20.9 20.6 20.3 19.9
1978–1983 18.9   15.0 14.8 14.6 14.4
1984–1995 26.6   20.9 20.6 20.3 20.1
1996–2000 7.9   6.7 6.6 6.6 6.5
2001–2005 0.0   6.5 6.5 6.4 6.4
2006–2010 0.0   7.0 7.0 6.9 6.9
2011–2015 0.0   5.6 5.6 5.5 5.5
2016_2020 0.0   3.8 5.1 6.4 6.4
2021_after 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3

Activity
Total Floor Space (million m2) 210.9   297.7 304.2 310.1 316.5
Energy Intensity (GJ/m2) 0.43   0.27 0.28 0.27 0.28
Total Space Heating GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 3.4   2.5 2.6 2.6 2.7

GHG Emissions by Vintage (Mt of CO2e)
Before 1946 0.3   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
1946–1960 0.3   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
1961–1977 0.9   0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
1978–1983 0.6   0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
1984–1995 0.9   0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
1996–2000 0.3   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
2001–2005 0.0   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
2006–2010 0.0   0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
2011–2015 0.0   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
2016_2020 0.0   0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
2021_after 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 37.2   31.1 30.9 31.0 30.8
Heating Degree-Day Index 0.97   0.89 0.94 0.87 0.94

Footnotes:

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