Commercial/Institutional Sector
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Table 32: Space Cooling Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Energy Source
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Space Cooling Energy Use (PJ) 2.9   3.4 1.6 1.7 2.7

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 2.7   2.8 1.3 1.3 2.2
Natural Gas 0.3   0.6 0.3 0.3 0.5

Shares (%)
Electricity 90.4   81.4 81.4 81.4 81.4
Natural Gas 9.6   18.6 18.6 18.6 18.6

Activity
Total Floor Space (million m2) 66.98   104.11 104.28 104.63 105.48
Energy Intensity (GJ/m2) 0.04   0.03 0.02 0.02 0.03
Total Space Cooling GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

GHG Emissions by Energy Source (Mt of CO2e)
Electricity  
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 4.9   9.3 9.3 9.3 9.3
Cooling Degree-Day Index 0.85   1.22 0.40 0.98 2.28

Footnotes:

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