Residential Sector
New Brunswick1
Table 9: Space Heating GHG Emissions by System Type
  2000   2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Total Space Heating GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 0.8   0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8

GHG Emissions by System Type (Mt of CO2e)
Heating Oil – Normal Efficiency 0.2   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heating Oil – Medium Efficiency 0.2   0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Heating Oil – High Efficiency 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas – Normal Efficiency 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas – Medium Efficiency 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas – High Efficiency 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Electric 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heat Pump 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other2 0.1   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Wood 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Dual Systems
Wood/Electric 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Wood/Heating Oil 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Natural Gas/Electric 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heating Oil/Electric 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Shares (%)
Heating Oil – Normal Efficiency 22.3   17.6 13.2 8.6 4.8 2.3 1.4 0.8 0.4
Heating Oil – Medium Efficiency 29.4   34.2 40.1 42.3 48.6 50.1 50.7 53.7 51.7
Heating Oil – High Efficiency 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Natural Gas – Normal Efficiency 0.0   0.0 0.0 1.2 1.3 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.7
Natural Gas – Medium Efficiency 0.0   0.0 0.0 1.6 1.8 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.9
Natural Gas – High Efficiency 0.0   0.0 0.0 1.5 1.8 1.7 1.7 2.0 4.1
Electric 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heat Pump 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other2 7.2   5.1 3.6 3.5 2.8 2.6 3.0 3.0 3.5
Wood 10.2   11.0 11.0 10.4 9.1 10.1 10.5 9.7 9.9

Dual Systems
Wood/Electric 17.9   18.8 18.1 16.9 14.6 15.0 14.9 12.3 11.8
Wood/Heating Oil 11.8   12.2 12.7 12.6 13.6 14.0 14.1 14.7 14.1
Natural Gas/Electric 0.0   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Heating Oil/Electric 1.1   1.2 1.3 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 30.4   28.6 29.0 27.6 29.5 29.6 29.0 29.8 30.4
Heat Gains (PJ) 2.6   2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.7
Heating Degree-Day Index 0.98   0.96 0.99 1.01 1.04 0.96 0.86 1.01 0.96

Footnotes:

1) Data on GHG emissions are presented excluding GHG emissions related to electricity production only.
2) “Other” includes coal and propane.