2.4.3 2008 Residential Buildings Energy End-Use Carbon Dioxide Emissions Splits, by Fuel Type
(Million Metric Tons) (1)
Natural Petroleum
Gas Distil. Resid. LPG Oth(2) Total Coal Electricity (3) Total Percent
Space Heating (4) 180.4 40.6 16.3 1.5 58.5 0.8 79.1 318.8 26.1%
Space Cooling 0.0 179.8 179.8 14.7%
Water Heating 70.5 7.9 5.4 13.4 88.7 172.6 14.1%
Lighting 137.0 137.0 11.2%
Electronics (5) 99.6 99.6 8.2%
Refrigeration (6) 84.0 84.0 6.9%
Wet Cleaning (7) 2.8 58.1 60.8 5.0%
Cooking 11.5 1.9 1.9 42.9 56.3 4.6%
Computers 31.9 31.9 2.6%
Other (8) 9.0 9.0 36.0 45.0 3.7%
Adjust to SEDS (9)               34.3 34.3 2.8%
Total 265.2 48.5 32.7 1.5 82.8 0.8 871.5 1,220.2 100%
Note(s): 1) Emissions assume complete combustion from energy consumption, excluding gas flaring, coal mining, and cement production. Emissions exclude wood since it is assumed that the carbon released from combustion is reabsorbed in a future carbon cycle. Carbon emissions calculated from EIA, Assumptions to the AEO 2010 and differs from AEO 2011 Early Release, Table A18. Residential buildings sector total varies by 0.2% from AEO 2011 Early Release. 2) Includes kerosene space heating (1.5 MMT). 3) Excludes electric imports by utilities. 4) Includes residential furnace fans (25.4 MMT). 5) Includes color television (61.6 MMT) and other office equipment(11.8 MMT). 6) Includes refrigerators (69.3 MMT) and freezers (14.7 MMT). 7) Includes clothes washers (6.3 MMT), natural gas clothes dryers (2.8 MMT), electric clothes dryers (34.8 MMT), and dishwashers (17.1 MMT). Does not include water heating energy. 8) Includes residential small electric devices, heating elements, motors, swimming pool heaters, hot tub heaters, outdoor grills, and natural gas outdoor lighting. 9) Emissions related to a discrepancy between data sources. Energy attributable to the residential sector, but not directly to specific end-uses.