Table 13Energy conservation processes and technologies by industry, 2004

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Energy conservation processes and technologies by industry, 2004: Part 1
  Cogeneration Alternative fuel systems or equipment Fuel substitution Waste energy recovery and reuse Use of energy management or monitoring systems Performed energy audit past three years (2002 to 2004) Other systems, equipment or employee training
  percent 1
Logging 5 8 3 18 11 9 9
Oil and gas extraction 20 22 16 38 50 39 38
Mining 3 5 2 24 39 33 24
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution 14 14 9 25 43 26 32
Natural gas distribution 0 13 20 7 27 33 20
Food 1 4 3 35 31 29 24
Beverage and tobacco products 10 14 14 38 29 29 29
Wood products 10 9 12 28 24 19 15
Pulp, paper and paperboard mills 33 17 27 74 58 58 30
Petroleum and coal products 7 0 14 72 52 52 48
Chemicals 9 2 6 22 29 25 19
Non-metallic mineral products 0 11 11 18 13 11 18
Primary metals 2 5 5 19 29 26 23
Fabricated metal products 1 0 3 12 21 20 19
Transportation equipment 0 1 1 25 38 36 36
Pipeline transportation 10 26 7 13 51 40 38
Total 8 8 8 29 33 29 25

Energy conservation processes and technologies by industry, 2004: Part 2
  Renewable energy technologies Total 3
Small, mini- or micro-hydroelectric facility Solar energy Wind energy Biomass energy 2 Geothermal Other renewable energy
  percent 1
Logging 3 11 0 14 0 1 41
Oil and gas extraction 3 49 3 0 0 1 82
Mining 2 13 0 0 0 2 60
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution 20 7 12 6 4 10 64
Natural gas distribution 0 40 0 0 0 7 60
Food 0 1 0 3 0 2 57
Beverage and tobacco products 0 0 0 0 0 0 48
Wood products 0 1 0 30 1 3 57
Pulp, paper and paperboard mills 11 1 1 54 0 2 88
Petroleum and coal products 0 7 0 3 0 0 86
Chemicals 0 0 0 0 0 0 53
Non-metallic mineral products 0 0 0 5 0 0 41
Primary metals 2 0 0 1 1 1 50
Fabricated metal products 0 0 0 1 0 0 40
Transportation equipment 0 4 0 0 0 1 64
Pipeline transportation 3 35 1 3 0 1 71
Total 3 7 1 9 0 s 2 59
1.
Number of establishments indicating they used the process or technology as a percentage of all establishments that provided a response.
2.
Examples include energy crops and waste-to-energy.
3.
Number of establishments that indicated they used at least one energy conservation process or technology as a percentage of the total number of establishments that provided a response.
Note(s):
This table includes reported data only.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division.