Electrifying Heating in Commercial and Institutional Buildings

This briefing from the International Institute for Sustainable Development outlines the necessity of clean electrification across Canada's building, industrial, and transportation sectors to achieve net-zero emissions targets by 2050.

• To meet net-zero targets, approximately 75% of emissions from the building heating sector in Canada must be removed by 2040, a goal made urgent by the long lifespan of currently installed heating equipment.
• The Canadian industrial sector currently derives over 25% of its energy from electricity and needs to increase this share to 41% by 2050, while also lowering overall energy use.
• Canada's electricity sector must prepare for at least a 100% increase in current electricity consumption by 2050 to support the transition to net-zero.
• While light-duty vehicle electrification has progressed, the electrification of medium- and heavy-duty vehicle classes in Canada is lagging and is not occurring at the scale required for significant emission reductions.

APA

International Institute for Sustainable Development (2022). Electrifying Heating in Commercial and Institutional Buildings. https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/electrifying-heating-commercial-and-institutional-buildings

Chicago

International Institute for Sustainable Development. Electrifying Heating in Commercial and Institutional Buildings. 2022. https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/electrifying-heating-commercial-and-institutional-buildings.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{internationalinstituteforsustainabledevelopment2022electrifying, author = {{International Institute for Sustainable Development}}, title = {{Electrifying Heating in Commercial and Institutional Buildings}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2022}, month = may, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/brief/electrifying-heating-commercial-and-institutional-buildings}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }