Residential Sector
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Table 6: Space Heating Secondary Energy Use and GHG Emissions by Building Type
  2000   2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Space Heating Energy Use (PJ) 344.7   371.6 353.5 314.3 298.7

Energy Use by Building Type (PJ)
Single Detached 256.8   269.2 255.7 227.5 216.3
Single Attached 40.5   50.2 48.0 42.6 40.4
Apartments 45.3   50.2 48.0 42.5 40.4
Mobile Homes 2.1   2.0 1.9 1.7 1.6

Shares (%)
Single Detached 74.5   72.4 72.3 72.4 72.4
Single Attached 11.7   13.5 13.6 13.6 13.5
Apartments 13.1   13.5 13.6 13.5 13.5
Mobile Homes 0.6   0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

Activity
Total Floor Space (million m2) 597.3   824.0 841.5 860.4 880.2
Energy Intensity (GJ/m2) 0.58   0.45 0.42 0.37 0.34
Total Space Heating GHG Emissions Excluding Electricity (Mt of CO2e) 14.9   15.4 14.3 12.7 12.0

GHG Emissions by Building Type (Mt of CO2e)
Single Detached 11.1   11.1 10.3 9.2 8.7
Single Attached 1.8   2.1 2.0 1.7 1.6
Apartments 2.0   2.1 2.0 1.7 1.6
Mobile Homes 0.1   0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
GHG Intensity (tonne/TJ) 43.2   41.3 40.6 40.4 40.2
Heating Degree-Day Index 0.94   0.92 0.96 0.84 0.79

Footnotes:

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