The energy used for heating provided by a given fuel expressed as a proportion of total heating energy.
Used to calculate:fossil fuels consumed and biomass fuels consumed
| Used | fuel | lifestyle | Reference | Location: Ecosystem (study period) |
Value | Units | Notes |
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| * | Biodiesel | Average American | U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book | US: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | The source does not include biodiesel as a fuel used to provide heating to Americans. |
| * | Biodiesel | Average Earthling | IEA 2011 - Statistics & Balances | Global: All (2009) | 2.75524 | % proportion (0 - 100) | This is the proportion of production of heat by biofuels in the world. |
| * | Biodiesel | Average New Yorker | NYSERDA 2012 - Patterns and Trends New York State Energy Profiles: 1996-2010 | New York City: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | This source does not specify that this fuel is used for heating. We included the "other" fuel section with Natural Gas. |
| * | Biodiesel | Eco-conscious | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | % (0 - 100) | We assume this lifestyle only uses heat provided by electricity generated from renewable energy sources. |
| * | Biodiesel | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | |
| * | Coal | Average American | U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book | US: Buildings (2010) | 0.9259 | % proportion (0 - 100) | We calculated this value by dividing this fuel's space heating energy (quadrillion Btu) by the total site energy of space heating (quadillion Btu). We then converted the calculation to a percent. Coal is included in the "other fuel" section. The notes sections attributes .07 quad Btu to coal. |
| * | Coal | Average Earthling | IEA 2011 - Statistics & Balances | Global: All (2009) | 37.930446 | % proportion (0 - 100) | We calculated this proportion by dividing the production of heat from coal and peat (TJ) by the total production of heat (TJ). We then converted this calculation into a percent. |
| * | Coal | Average New Yorker | NYSERDA 2012 - Patterns and Trends New York State Energy Profiles: 1996-2010 | New York City: Buildings (2010) | 0.104739 | % proportion (0 - 100) | To calculate this value we first subtracted the number of occupied housing units that do not use fuel for space heating from the total number of occupied housing units in New York City in order to find the total number of occupied housing units that use fuel. Then we divided the number of housing units that use coal or coke for space heating by the number of occupied housing units that use fuel. We then converted the calculation to a percent. |
| * | Coal | Eco-conscious | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | % (0 - 100) | We assume this lifestyle only uses heat provided by electricity generated from renewable energy sources. |
| * | Coal | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | |
| * | Diesel / light fuel oil | Average American | U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book | US: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | The source does not include diesel/light fuel oil as a fuel used to provide heating to Americans. |
| * | Diesel / light fuel oil | Average Earthling | IEA 2011 - Statistics & Balances | Global: All (2009) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | This reference does not list this fuel as one used to provide heat to the world. |
| * | Diesel / light fuel oil | Average New Yorker | NYSERDA 2012 - Patterns and Trends New York State Energy Profiles: 1996-2010 | New York City: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | This source does not specify that this fuel is used for heating. We included the "other" fuel section with Natural Gas. |
| * | Diesel / light fuel oil | Eco-conscious | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | % (0 - 100) | We assume this lifestyle only uses heat provided by electricity generated from renewable energy sources. |
| * | Diesel / light fuel oil | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | |
| * | Electricity | Average American | U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book | US: Buildings (2010) | 9.5238 | % proportion (0 - 100) | We calculated this value by dividing site electric energy (quadrillion Btu) by the total site energy of space heating (quadillion Btu). We then converted the calculation to a percent. |
| * | Electricity | Average Earthling | IEA 2011 - Statistics & Balances | Global: All (2009) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | This reference does not list this fuel as one used to provide heat to the world. |
| * | Electricity | Average New Yorker | NYSERDA 2012 - Patterns and Trends New York State Energy Profiles: 1996-2010 | New York City: Buildings (2010) | 8.929837 | % proportion (0 - 100) | To calculate this value we first subtracted the number of occupied housing units that do not use fuel for space heating from the total number of occupied housing units in New York City in order to find the total number of occupied housing units that use fuel. Then we divided the number of housing units that use this fuel type for space heating by the number of occupied housing units that use fuel. We then converted the calculation to a percent. |
| Electricity | Average New Yorker | NYSERDA 2009 Patterns and Trends: New York State Energy 1993-2007 | New York County (Manhattan): Residential households (2000) | 14 | % (0 - 100) | Occupied Housing Units by Type of Space Heating Fuel, neglecting households with no space heating fuel type and rounded to the nearest percentage | |
| * | Electricity | Eco-conscious | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 100 | % (0 - 100) | We assume this lifestyle only uses heat provided by electricity generated from renewable energy sources. |
| * | Electricity | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | |
| * | Ethanol | Average American | U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book | US: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | The source does not include ethanol as a fuel used to provide heating to Americans. |
| * | Ethanol | Average Earthling | IEA 2011 - Statistics & Balances | Global: All (2009) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | This reference does not list this fuel as one used to provide heat to the world. |
| * | Ethanol | Average New Yorker | NYSERDA 2012 - Patterns and Trends New York State Energy Profiles: 1996-2010 | New York City: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | This source does not specify ethanol as a fuel used for heating. We included the "other" fuel section with Natural Gas. |
| * | Ethanol | Eco-conscious | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | % (0 - 100) | We assume this lifestyle only uses heat provided by electricity generated from renewable energy sources. |
| * | Ethanol | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | |
| * | Gas-electric hybrid | Average American | U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book | US: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | The source does not include gas-electric hybrid as a fuel used to provide heating to Americans. |
| * | Gas-electric hybrid | Average Earthling | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | |
| * | Gas-electric hybrid | Average New Yorker | NYSERDA 2012 - Patterns and Trends New York State Energy Profiles: 1996-2010 | New York City: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | This source does not specify that this fuel is used for heating. We included the "other" fuel section with Natural Gas. |
| * | Gas-electric hybrid | Eco-conscious | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | % (0 - 100) | We assume this lifestyle only uses heat provided by electricity generated from renewable energy sources. |
| * | Gas-electric hybrid | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | |
| * | Gasoline | Average American | U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book | US: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | The source does not include gasoline as a fuel used to provide heating to Americans. |
| * | Gasoline | Average Earthling | IEA 2011 - Statistics & Balances | Global: All (2009) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | This reference does not list this fuel as one used to provide heat to the world. |
| * | Gasoline | Average New Yorker | NYSERDA 2012 - Patterns and Trends New York State Energy Profiles: 1996-2010 | New York City: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | This source does not specify that this fuel is used for heating. We included the "other" fuel section with Natural Gas. |
| * | Gasoline | Eco-conscious | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | % (0 - 100) | We assume this lifestyle only uses heat provided by electricity generated from renewable energy sources. |
| * | Gasoline | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | |
| * | Geothermal | Average American | U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book | US: Buildings (2010) | 0.132275 | % proportion (0 - 100) | We calculated this value by dividing this fuel's space heating energy (quadrillion Btu) by the total site energy of space heating (quadillion Btu). We then converted the calculation to a percent. Geothermal is included in the "renewable energy" section. The notes sections attributes less than 0.01 quad Btu to geothermal. For the sake of deriving this parameter, we assumed 0.01 quad Btu is attributed to geothermal. |
| * | Geothermal | Average Earthling | IEA 2011 - Statistics & Balances | Global: All (2009) | 0.097118 | % proportion (0 - 100) | We calculated this proportion by dividing the production of heat from geothermal (TJ) by the total production of heat (TJ). We then converted this calculation into a percent. |
| * | Geothermal | Average New Yorker | NYSERDA 2012 - Patterns and Trends New York State Energy Profiles: 1996-2010 | New York City: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | This source does not specify that this fuel is used for heating. We included the "other" fuel section with Natural Gas. |
| * | Geothermal | Eco-conscious | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | % (0 - 100) | We assume this lifestyle only uses heat provided by electricity generated from renewable energy sources. |
| * | Geothermal | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | % (0 - 100) | |
| * | Hydroelectric | Average American | U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book | US: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | The source does not include hydroelectric as a fuel used to provide heating to Americans. |
| * | Hydroelectric | Average Earthling | IEA 2011 - Statistics & Balances | Global: All (2009) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | This source does not report any production of heat from hydro. |
| * | Hydroelectric | Average New Yorker | NYSERDA 2012 - Patterns and Trends New York State Energy Profiles: 1996-2010 | New York City: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | This source does not specify that this fuel is used for heating. We included the "other" fuel section with Natural Gas. |
| * | Hydroelectric | Eco-conscious | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | % (0 - 100) | We assume this lifestyle only uses heat provided by electricity generated from renewable energy sources. |
| * | Hydroelectric | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | |
| * | Hydrogen | Average American | U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book | US: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | The source does not include hydrogen as a fuel used to provide heating to Americans. |
| * | Hydrogen | Average Earthling | IEA 2011 - Statistics & Balances | Global: All (2009) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | This reference does not list this fuel as one used to provide heat to the world. |
| * | Hydrogen | Average New Yorker | NYSERDA 2012 - Patterns and Trends New York State Energy Profiles: 1996-2010 | New York City: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | This source does not specify that this fuel is used for heating. We included the "other" fuel section with Natural Gas. |
| * | Hydrogen | Eco-conscious | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | % (0 - 100) | We assume this lifestyle only uses heat provided by electricity generated from renewable energy sources. |
| * | Hydrogen | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | |
| * | Jet fuel | Average American | U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book | US: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % (0 - 100) | The source does not include jet fuel as a fuel used to provide heating to Americans. |
| * | Jet fuel | Average Earthling | IEA 2011 - Statistics & Balances | Global: All (2009) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | This reference does not list this fuel as one used to provide heat to the world. |
| * | Jet fuel | Average New Yorker | NYSERDA 2012 - Patterns and Trends New York State Energy Profiles: 1996-2010 | New York City: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % (0 - 100) | This source does not specify that this fuel is used for heating. We included the "other" fuel section with Natural Gas. |
| * | Jet fuel | Eco-conscious | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | % (0 - 100) | We assume this lifestyle only uses heat provided by electricity generated from renewable energy sources. |
| * | Jet fuel | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | |
| * | Kerosene | Average American | U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book | US: Buildings (2010) | 0.5291 | % proportion (0 - 100) | We calculated this value by dividing this fuel's space heating energy (quadrillion Btu) by the total site energy of space heating (quadillion Btu). We then converted the calculation to a percent. Kerosene is included in the "other fuel" section. The notes sections attributes .02 quad Btu to kerosene. |
| * | Kerosene | Average Earthling | IEA 2011 - Statistics & Balances | Global: All (2009) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | This reference does not list this fuel as one used to provide heat to the world. |
| * | Kerosene | Average New Yorker | NYSERDA 2012 - Patterns and Trends New York State Energy Profiles: 1996-2010 | New York City: Buildings (2010) | 1.50813 | % proportion (0 - 100) | To calculate this value we first subtracted the number of occupied housing units that do not use fuel for space heating from the total number of occupied housing units in New York City in order to find the total number of occupied housing units that use fuel. Since fuel oil and kerosene were combined by this study, we used the ratio of fuel oil to kerosene use for space heating for the United States (calculated from the 2011 Buildings Energy Databook) to get an approximate number of housing that use each of these fuels in New York City. Then we divided the approximate number of housing units that use kerosene for space heating by the number of occupied housing units that use fuel. We then converted the calculation to a percent. |
| * | Kerosene | Eco-conscious | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | % (0 - 100) | We assume this lifestyle only uses heat provided by electricity generated from renewable energy sources. |
| * | Kerosene | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | |
| * | Municipal solid waste | Average American | U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book | US: Buildings (2010) | 1.455 | % proportion (0 - 100) | The renewable energy category includes biomass as a fuel that provides heating to Americans. We are adding biomass under our municipal solid wate fuel type. We calculated this value by dividing this fuel's space heating energy (quadrillion Btu) by the total site energy of space heating (quadillion Btu). We then converted the calculation to a percent. Biomass heating is included in the "Renw. En." section. The notes sections attributes 0.11 quad Btu to biomass. |
| * | Municipal solid waste | Average Earthling | IEA 2011 - Statistics & Balances | Global: All (2009) | 2.268872 | % proportion (0 - 100) | We calculated this proportion by dividing the gross heat production from municipal waste (TJ) by the total production of heat (TJ) found in the Electricity/Heat in World in 2009 table. We then converted this calculation into a percent. |
| * | Municipal solid waste | Average New Yorker | NYSERDA 2012 - Patterns and Trends New York State Energy Profiles: 1996-2010 | New York City: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | This source does not specify that this fuel is used for heating. We included the "other" fuel section with Natural Gas. |
| * | Municipal solid waste | Eco-conscious | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | % (0 - 100) | We assume this lifestyle only uses heat provided by electricity generated from renewable energy sources. |
| * | Municipal solid waste | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | |
| * | Muscle | Average American | U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book | US: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | The source does not include muscle as a fuel used to provide heating to Americans. |
| * | Muscle | Average Earthling | IEA 2011 - Statistics & Balances | Global: All (2009) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | This reference does not list this fuel as one used to provide heat to the world. |
| * | Muscle | Average New Yorker | NYSERDA 2012 - Patterns and Trends New York State Energy Profiles: 1996-2010 | New York City: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % (0 - 100) | This source does not specify that this fuel is used for heating. We included the "other" fuel section with Natural Gas. |
| * | Muscle | Eco-conscious | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | % (0 - 100) | We assume this lifestyle only uses heat provided by electricity generated from renewable energy sources. |
| * | Muscle | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | |
| * | Natural gas | Average American | U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book | US: Buildings (2010) | 67.9894 | % proportion (0 - 100) | We calculated this value by dividing this fuel's space heating energy (quadrillion Btu) by the total site energy of space heating (quadillion Btu). We then converted the calculation to a percent. |
| * | Natural gas | Average Earthling | IEA 2011 - Statistics & Balances | Global: All (2009) | 47.696796 | % proportion (0 - 100) | We calculated this proportion by dividing the production of heat from gas (TJ) by the total production of heat (TJ). We then converted this calculation into a percent. |
| * | Natural gas | Average New Yorker | NYSERDA 2012 - Patterns and Trends New York State Energy Profiles: 1996-2010 | New York City: Buildings (2010) | 60.694989 | % proportion (0 - 100) | To calculate this value we first subtracted the number of occupied housing units that do not use fuel for space heating from the total number of occupied housing units in New York City in order to find the total number of occupied housing units that use fuel at all. Then we divided the number of housing units that use utility gas, bottled tank or LP Gas, and "other" fuel (minus 1,800 households that use steam) for space heating by the number of occupied housing units that use fuel. We then converted the calculation to a percent. |
| Natural gas | Average New Yorker | NYSERDA 2009 Patterns and Trends: New York State Energy 1993-2007 | New York County (Manhattan): Residential households (2000) | 39 | % (0 - 100) | Occupied Housing Units by Type of Space Heating Fuel, neglecting households with no space heating fuel type and rounded to the nearest percentage | |
| * | Natural gas | Eco-conscious | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | % (0 - 100) | We assume this lifestyle only uses heat provided by electricity generated from renewable energy sources. |
| * | Natural gas | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | |
| * | Natural gas compressed (CNG) | Average American | U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book | US: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | The source does not include natural gas, compressed (CNG) as a fuel used to provide heating to Americans. |
| * | Natural gas compressed (CNG) | Average Earthling | IEA 2011 - Statistics & Balances | Global: All (2009) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | This reference does not list this fuel as one used to provide heat to the world. |
| * | Natural gas compressed (CNG) | Average New Yorker | NYSERDA 2012 - Patterns and Trends New York State Energy Profiles: 1996-2010 | New York City: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | We assumed that utility gas listed in this reference was natural gas. |
| * | Natural gas compressed (CNG) | Eco-conscious | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | % (0 - 100) | We assume this lifestyle only uses heat provided by electricity generated from renewable energy sources. |
| * | Natural gas compressed (CNG) | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | |
| * | Natural gas liquefied (LNG) | Average American | U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book | US: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | The source does not include natural gas, liquified (LNG) as a fuel used to provide heating to Americans. |
| * | Natural gas liquefied (LNG) | Average Earthling | IEA 2011 - Statistics & Balances | Global: All (2009) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | This reference does not list this fuel as one used to provide heat to the world. |
| * | Natural gas liquefied (LNG) | Average New Yorker | NYSERDA 2012 - Patterns and Trends New York State Energy Profiles: 1996-2010 | New York City: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | We assumed that utility gas listed in this reference was natural gas. |
| * | Natural gas liquefied (LNG) | Eco-conscious | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | % (0 - 100) | We assume this lifestyle only uses heat provided by electricity generated from renewable energy sources. |
| * | Natural gas liquefied (LNG) | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | |
| * | Nuclear material | Average American | U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book | US: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | The source does not include nuclear material as a fuel used to provide heating to Americans. |
| * | Nuclear material | Average Earthling | IEA 2011 - Statistics & Balances | Global: All (2009) | 0.167526 | % proportion (0 - 100) | We calculated this proportion by dividing the production of heat from nuclear (TJ) by the total production of heat (TJ). We then converted this calculation into a percent. |
| * | Nuclear material | Average New Yorker | NYSERDA 2012 - Patterns and Trends New York State Energy Profiles: 1996-2010 | New York City: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | This source does not specify that this fuel is used for heating. We included the "other" fuel section with Natural Gas. |
| * | Nuclear material | Eco-conscious | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | % (0 - 100) | We assume this lifestyle only uses heat provided by electricity generated from renewable energy sources. |
| * | Nuclear material | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | |
| * | Propane / LPG | Average American | U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book | US: Buildings (2010) | 3.9682 | % proportion (0 - 100) | We calculated this value by dividing this fuel's space heating energy (quadrillion Btu) by the total site energy of space heating (quadillion Btu). We then converted the calculation to a percent. |
| * | Propane / LPG | Average Earthling | IEA 2011 - Statistics & Balances | Global: All (2009) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | This reference does not list this fuel as one used to provide heat to the world. |
| * | Propane / LPG | Average New Yorker | NYSERDA 2012 - Patterns and Trends New York State Energy Profiles: 1996-2010 | New York City: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | We included lumped "Bottled Gas or LP Gas" together with Natural Gas. |
| Propane / LPG | Average New Yorker | NYSERDA 2009 Patterns and Trends: New York State Energy 1993-2007 | New York County (Manhattan): Residential households (2000) | 2 | % (0 - 100) | Occupied Housing Units by Type of Space Heating Fuel, neglecting households with no space heating fuel type and rounded to the nearest full percentage point | |
| * | Propane / LPG | Eco-conscious | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | % (0 - 100) | We assume this lifestyle only uses heat provided by electricity generated from renewable energy sources. |
| * | Propane / LPG | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | |
| * | Residual fuel oil | Average American | U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book | US: Buildings (2010) | 10.0529 | % proportion (0 - 100) | We have assumed all fuel oil used for space heating is residual fuel oil. We calculated this value by dividing this fuel's space heating energy (quadrillion Btu) by the total site energy of space heating (quadillion Btu). We then converted the calculation to a percent. |
| * | Residual fuel oil | Average Earthling | IEA 2011 - Statistics & Balances | Global: All (2009) | 6.179792 | % proportion (0 - 100) | This is the proportion of heating produced by "oil" in the world. |
| * | Residual fuel oil | Average New Yorker | NYSERDA 2012 - Patterns and Trends New York State Energy Profiles: 1996-2010 | New York City: Buildings (2010) | 28.654477 | % proportion (0 - 100) | To calculate this value we first subtracted the number of occupied housing units that do not use fuel for space heating from the total number of occupied housing units in New York City in order to find the total number of occupied housing units that use fuel. Since fuel oil and kerosene were combined by this study, we used the ratio of fuel oil to kerosene use for space heating for the United States (calculated from the 2011 Buildings Energy Databook) to get an approximate number of housing that use each of these fuels in New York City. Then we divided the approximate number of housing units that use fuel oil for space heating by the number of occupied housing units that use fuel. We then converted the calculation to a percent. |
| Residual fuel oil | Average New Yorker | NYSERDA 2009 Patterns and Trends: New York State Energy 1993-2007 | New York County (Manhattan): Residential households (2000) | 42 | % (0 - 100) | Occupied Housing Units by Type of Space Heating Fuel, neglecting households with no space heating fuel type and rounded to the nearest percentage. NYSERDA (2009) lumps kerosene and fuel oils. | |
| * | Residual fuel oil | Eco-conscious | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | % (0 - 100) | We assume this lifestyle only uses heat provided by electricity generated from renewable energy sources. |
| * | Residual fuel oil | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | |
| * | Solar | Average American | U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book | US: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | The source does not include solar as a fuel used to provide heating to Americans. |
| * | Solar | Average Earthling | IEA 2011 - Statistics & Balances | Global: All (2009) | 0.000841 | % proportion (0 - 100) | We calculated this proportion by dividing the production of heat from solar thermal (TJ) by the total production of heat (TJ). We then converted this calculation into a percent. |
| * | Solar | Average New Yorker | NYSERDA 2012 - Patterns and Trends New York State Energy Profiles: 1996-2010 | New York City: Buildings (2010) | 0.02929 | % proportion (0 - 100) | To calculate this value we first subtracted the number of occupied housing units that do not use fuel for space heating from the total number of occupied housing units in New York City in order to find the total number of occupied housing units that use fuel. Then we divided the number of housing units that use this fuel type for space heating by the number of occupied housing units that use fuel. We then converted the calculation to a percent. |
| * | Solar | Eco-conscious | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | % (0 - 100) | We assume this lifestyle only uses heat provided by electricity generated from renewable energy sources. |
| * | Solar | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | |
| * | Steam | Average American | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | proportion (0-1) | District heating systems exist across the U.S., but due to a lack of available data, the value related to this parameter is 0. |
| * | Steam | Average Earthling | IEA 2011 - Statistics & Balances | Global: All (2009) | 0 | % (0 - 100) | Steam heat appears to be captured in the end use fuels in the IEA 2011 statistics and is not separately reported. |
| Steam | Average Earthling | Evans & Doureva 2004 Coming in from the Cold - Improving District Heating... | Global: Transition economies (2004) | 60 | % (0 - 100) | "Distribution heating provides 60% of heating and hot water needs in transition economies." | |
| * | Steam | Average New Yorker | Consolidated Edison- Steam System | New York City: urban area () | 0.000598 | proportion (0-1) | To calculate this value we first referenced NYSERDA (2012) to surmise the total number of households in New York City that use fuel for space heating. After subtracting the number of households that do not use space heating from the total number of households in the city, we then portioned out 1,771 households from the "Other" fuel category (the rest of which is counted as natural gas heating) and divided by the number of households that use fuel for heating. |
| Steam | Average New Yorker | NYSERDA 2009 Patterns and Trends: New York State Energy 1993-2007 | New York County (Manhattan): Residential households (2000) | 3 | % (0 - 100) | Occupied Housing Units by Type of Space Heating Fuel, neglecting households with no space heating fuel type and rounded to the nearest percentage. We assume all the "other" fuel is steam in Manhattan. | |
| * | Steam | Eco-conscious | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | proportion (0-1) | |
| * | Steam | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | % (0 - 100) | No steam on Mannahatta except in sweat lodges! |
| * | Wind | Average American | U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book | US: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | The source does not include wind as a fuel used to provide heating to Americans. |
| * | Wind | Average Earthling | IEA 2011 - Statistics & Balances | Global: All (2009) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | This sources reports that there is not production of heat from wind. |
| * | Wind | Average New Yorker | NYSERDA 2012 - Patterns and Trends New York State Energy Profiles: 1996-2010 | New York City: Buildings (2010) | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | This source does not specify that this fuel is used for heating. We included the "other" fuel section with Natural Gas. |
| * | Wind | Eco-conscious | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | % (0 - 100) | We assume this lifestyle only uses heat provided by electricity generated from renewable energy sources. |
| * | Wind | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 0 | % proportion (0 - 100) | |
| * | Wood and other biomass | Average American | U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book | US: Buildings (2010) | 5.5556 | % proportion (0 - 100) | We calculated this value by dividing this fuel's space heating energy (quadrillion Btu) by the total site energy of space heating (quadillion Btu). We then converted the calculation to a percent. Wood space heating is included in the "other fuel" section. The notes sections attributes 0.42 quad Btu to wood space heating. |
| * | Wood and other biomass | Average Earthling | IEA 2011 - Statistics & Balances | Global: All (2009) | 2.903368 | % proportion (0 - 100) | This is the proportion of production of heat in the world from "other sources". |
| * | Wood and other biomass | Average New Yorker | NYSERDA 2012 - Patterns and Trends New York State Energy Profiles: 1996-2010 | New York City: Buildings (2010) | 0.078538 | % proportion (0 - 100) | To calculate this value we first subtracted the number of occupied housing units that do not use fuel for space heating from the total number of occupied housing units in New York City in order to find the total number of occupied housing units that use fuel. Then we divided the number of housing units that use this fuel type for space heating by the number of occupied housing units that use fuel. We then converted the calculation to a percent. |
| * | Wood and other biomass | Eco-conscious | Assumed | New York City: Urban Area () | 0 | % (0 - 100) | We assume this lifestyle only uses heat provided by electricity generated from renewable energy sources. |
| * | Wood and other biomass | Lenape Person | Assumed | New York City: Mannahatta () | 100 | % proportion (0 - 100) |