These are some really fascinating data points about how real estate consumes energy and impacts the climate.
36%: The percentage of global energy devoted to buildings and construction. 22% is residential buildings usage, 8% is non-residential usage, and 6% is the construction industry.
82%: The global energy consumption in buildings supplied by fossil fuels in 2015.
17%: Total energy consumption in the U.S. produced by renewable energy in 2018.
25%: The amount of energy in the UK supplied by renewable sources, representing a steady increase since 1998.
70%: The percentage of energy use in UK buildings devoted to heating. 19% is devoted to cooling, 7% is devoted to hot water, and 4% is devoted to lighting.
33%: The share of global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions emitted by buildings. This makes them the single biggest global emitter by sector.
They are from a much longer list here.
Thanks, Peter!
Source:
The Facts about Architecture and Climate Change
by Niall Patrick Walsh
January 3, 2020
