Commercial/Institutional Sector
Atlantic
Table 37: Retail Trade Non-Space Conditioning Secondary Energy Use by End Use and by Energy Source
  1990   2015 2016 2017
Lighting Energy Use for Retail Trade1 (PJ) 1.3   1.8 1.7 1.5

Activity
Floor Space (million m2) 5.43   7.63 7.57 7.63
Energy Intensity (MJ/m2) 236.98   231.43 222.02 199.95
Auxiliary Motors Energy Use for Retail Trade1 (PJ) 0.4   0.4 0.4 0.4

Activity
Floor Space (million m2) 5.43   7.63 7.57 7.63
Energy Intensity (MJ/m2) 78.32   58.66 54.33 47.95
Auxiliary Equipment Energy Use for Retail Trade (PJ) 0.5   1.4 1.5 1.4

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 0.5   1.3 1.4 1.3
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0
Steam 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0
Other2 0.0   0.1 0.1 0.1

Shares (%)
Electricity 93.4   93.4 96.6 91.5
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0
Steam 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0
Other2 6.6   6.6 3.4 8.5

Activity
Floor Space (million m2) 5.43   7.63 7.57 7.63
Energy Intensity (MJ/m2) 90.40   189.01 195.85 181.55
Water Heating Energy Use for Retail Trade (PJ) 0.4   0.6 0.5 0.5

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas 0.0   0.4 0.3 0.4
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.3   0.1 0.0 0.0
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.1   0.0 0.0 0.0
Steam 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0
Other2 0.0   0.1 0.1 0.1

Shares (%)
Electricity 1.5   5.0 5.0 5.0
Natural Gas 0.0   62.1 66.6 73.0
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 74.3   8.7 5.4 5.3
Heavy Fuel Oil 16.2   0.0 0.0 0.0
Steam 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0
Other2 8.0   24.3 23.0 16.7

Activity
Floor Space (million m2) 5.43   7.63 7.57 7.63
Energy Intensity (MJ/m2) 69.92   77.13 67.29 67.97

Footnotes:

1) Lighting and auxiliary motors consume only electricity.
2) “Other” includes coal and propane.