Commercial/Institutional Sector
British Columbia and Territories
Table 35: Wholesale Trade Non-Space Conditioning Secondary Energy Use by End Use and by Energy Source
  2000   2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Lighting Energy Use for Wholesale Trade1 (PJ) 1.0   1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0

Activity
Floor Space (million m2) 5.93   5.99 6.05 6.16 6.25 6.27 6.35 6.47 6.51 6.58 6.59 6.59 6.56 6.52 6.46 6.36 6.29 6.24
Energy Intensity (MJ/m2) 166.36   163.99 163.79 161.79 156.66 155.87 162.66 181.37 178.61 172.83 171.17 165.97 168.68 155.35 157.32 153.07 158.13 156.84
Auxiliary Motors Energy Use for Wholesale Trade1 (PJ) 0.6   0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3

Activity
Floor Space (million m2) 5.93   5.99 6.05 6.16 6.25 6.27 6.35 6.47 6.51 6.58 6.59 6.59 6.56 6.52 6.46 6.36 6.29 6.24
Energy Intensity (MJ/m2) 99.14   97.64 97.13 96.38 93.35 93.90 81.47 88.58 86.61 80.35 77.31 70.93 76.85 83.39 78.89 57.42 60.43 55.95
Auxiliary Equipment Energy Use for Wholesale Trade (PJ) 0.7   0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 0.6   0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7
Natural Gas 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Steam 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other2 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Electricity 93.5   93.5 93.5 93.5 93.5 93.5 93.5 93.5 93.5 93.5 93.5 93.5 93.5 93.5 93.5 93.5 93.7 93.6
Natural Gas 2.8   2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.7 2.9 2.8 3.0 2.8 2.8
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Steam 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other2 3.6   3.6 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.6

Activity
Floor Space (million m2) 5.93   5.99 6.05 6.16 6.25 6.27 6.35 6.47 6.51 6.58 6.59 6.59 6.56 6.52 6.46 6.36 6.29 6.24
Energy Intensity (MJ/m2) 110.79   115.56 128.89 118.10 115.80 118.69 111.92 129.98 123.38 135.85 131.72 132.76 131.52 131.23 125.03 124.57 123.42 120.65
Water Heating Energy Use for Wholesale Trade (PJ) 0.5   0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3

Energy Use by Energy Source (PJ)
Electricity 0.1   0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas 0.4   0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Steam 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other2 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Electricity 14.0   13.0 7.0 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.1 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3
Natural Gas 78.6   80.1 87.1 86.6 86.1 86.2 88.0 93.8 94.1 95.7 95.7 96.1 95.4 95.6 96.0 96.1 97.5 97.3
Light Fuel Oil and Kerosene 3.3   2.3 3.2 3.6 3.9 3.6 3.0 2.1 1.4 0.6 0.6 0.8 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 0.3 0.3
Heavy Fuel Oil 0.6   0.7 0.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Steam 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other2 3.6   4.0 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.5 1.7 2.7 3.1 2.4 2.4 1.9 2.1 1.8 1.5 1.3 0.8 1.1

Activity
Floor Space (million m2) 5.93   5.99 6.05 6.16 6.25 6.27 6.35 6.47 6.51 6.58 6.59 6.59 6.56 6.52 6.46 6.36 6.29 6.24
Energy Intensity (MJ/m2) 89.73   97.26 95.50 83.14 77.00 74.82 69.55 66.81 68.91 66.62 59.48 58.72 58.47 59.55 56.29 56.38 53.41 55.12

Footnotes:

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