Residential Sector
British Columbia and Territories1
Table 6: Space Heating Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Building Type
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Space Heating Energy Use (PJ) 92.7   81.0 86.1 83.9 88.6

Energy Use by Building Type (PJ)
Single Detached 71.5   59.0 62.4 60.6 63.6
Single Attached 7.5   8.3 8.9 8.8 9.4
Apartments 10.0   10.8 11.7 11.6 12.4
Mobile Homes 3.7   2.9 3.1 3.0 3.2

Shares (%)
Single Detached 77.1   72.9 72.5 72.2 71.8
Single Attached 8.1   10.2 10.4 10.5 10.6
Apartments 10.8   13.3 13.6 13.8 14.0
Mobile Homes 4.0   3.6 3.6 3.6 3.6

Activity
Total Floor Space (million m2) 214.9   304.2 310.8 317.0 323.6
Energy Intensity (GJ/m2) 0.43   0.27 0.28 0.26 0.27
Total Space Heating GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 3.5   2.5 2.7 2.6 2.7

GHG Emissions by Building Type (Mt of CO2e)
Single Detached 2.7   1.9 2.0 1.9 2.0
Single Attached 0.3   0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Apartments 0.4   0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4
Mobile Homes 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 37.8   31.4 31.2 31.3 31.0
Heating Degree-Day Index 0.97   0.89 0.94 0.87 0.95

Footnotes:

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