Consumption of Energy Survey for Universities, Colleges and Hospitals, 2003

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II. Survey Findings

Abstract

• In 2004, Statistics Canada undertook, on behalf of Natural Resources Canada, the first Consumption of Energy Survey (CES) for universities, colleges and hospitals, using 2003 as the base year. The survey's purpose was to gather on the energy consumption of establishments in all three sectors. The data are disaggregated by energy source and region.
• In 2003, the universities, colleges and hospitals surveyed consumed over 100 million gigajoules (GJ: 37 million GJ by the universities, 13 million GJ by the colleges and 52 million GJ by the hospitals.
• The survey data can be used to calculate energy intensity for energy use per square metre, per student or per bed. Colleges presented the lowest intensity, with energy use at 1.48 GJ/m².
• When energy intensity is expressed as energy use per student or per bed, the data show that universities consumed 49 GJ per student, compared with 29 GJ for colleges. Hospitals consumed 660 GJ per bed.
• British Columbia and the Territories presented the lowest average energy intensity levels for all regions of Canada. At the other end of the scale, the Prairies had the highest energy intensity levels.

In 2003, universities, colleges and hospitals consumed more than 100 million gigajoules (GJ), which equals the average annual energy use of 870 000 Canadian households, or over half of the private dwellings in Toronto^a. Hospitals accounted for 51 percent of the total energy consumption of all three sectors, compared with 36 percent for universities and 13 percent for colleges. In the following sections, the energy consumption of each of the three sectors surveyed is detailed.

^a The equivalent of each sector's energy consumption for number of households was calculated using the energy intensity (GJ/household) index established for 2002 by the Office of Energy Efficiency in the Energy Use Data Handbook, June 2004. Private dwelling data are taken from the 2001 Census.

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