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cooking energy demand rate density

The amount of energy used for cooking per unit area per year.

Used to calculate:fossil fuels consumed and biomass fuels consumed

Varies by: use and lifestyle

Used use lifestyle Reference Location: Ecosystem
(study period)
Value Units Notes
* Agricultural use Average American Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Agricultural use Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Agricultural use Average New Yorker Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Agricultural use Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Agricultural use Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Factory / industrial use Average American U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 2011- Municipal Solid Waste in the United States: Facts and Figures US: All (2010) 0 Btu / ft2 / year We assume a similar amount of energy is spent for cooking in industrial uses as in warehouse uses.
* Factory / industrial use Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Factory / industrial use Average New Yorker Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Factory / industrial use Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Factory / industrial use Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Garage / storage use Average American U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book US: Buildings (2010) 0 Btu / ft2 / year
* Garage / storage use Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Garage / storage use Average New Yorker Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Garage / storage use Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Garage / storage use Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Hotel use Average American U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book US: Buildings (2010) 3200 Btu / ft2 / year This value refers to annual cooking energy consumption.
* Hotel use Average Earthling U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book US: Buildings (2010) 3200 Btu / ft2 / year This value is assumed to be the same as the Average American.
* Hotel use Average New Yorker U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book US: Buildings (2010) 3200 Btu / ft2 / year We assume the same cooking energy consumption rate density as that of an average American.
* Hotel use Eco-conscious U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book US: Buildings (2010) 3200 Btu / ft2 / year We assume the same cooking energy consumption rate density as that of the average New Yorker and average American. This value refers to annual cooking energy consumption.
* Hotel use Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Hunter / gatherer use Average American Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Hunter / gatherer use Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Hunter / gatherer use Average New Yorker Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Hunter / gatherer use Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Hunter / gatherer use Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Office use Average American U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book US: Buildings (2010) 300 Btu / ft2 / year
* Office use Average Earthling U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book US: Buildings (2010) 300 Btu / ft2 / year Due to a lack of global cooking energy consumption data, we have assumed the same cooking energy consumption rate density as that of the United States for this use.
* Office use Average New Yorker Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 kWh / m2 / yr We assume that the energy used for cooking in offices is negligible
Office use Average New Yorker U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book US: Buildings (2010) 300 Btu / ft2 / year We have assumed the same value as average American.
* Office use Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 kWh / m2 / yr We are assuming that this lifestyle brings his or her cold lunch to work.
* Office use Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Public assembly use Average American U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book US: Buildings (2010) 800 Btu / ft2 / year
* Public assembly use Average Earthling U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book US: Buildings (2010) 800 Btu / ft2 / year Due to a lack of global cooking energy consumption data, we have assumed the same cooking energy consumption rate density as that of the United States for this use.
* Public assembly use Average New Yorker Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Public assembly use Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Public assembly use Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Residential use Average American Canning et al. 2010 Energy Use in the U.S. Food System USA: Residential households (2001) 11.5 kWh / m2 / yr Canning et al. (2010) indicates that in 2001 that cooking energy consumption consisted of 26% of residential household electricity consumption, 3% of natural gas consumption, and 1.6% of liquified petroleum gas consumption. The 2001 Residential Energy Consumption Survey (http://www.eia.gov/consumption/residential/data/2001/) Table CE1-9c for the Northeast region indicates that average household annual consumption was 2027 kWh of electricity, 2.25 thousand cubic feet of natural gas, and 3 gallons of LPG. Taking the given percentages of these fuel types, and converting to kWh, leads to an estimated cooking energy consumption of 2706 kWh/household. The 2001 RECS also gives the average single family American house as 2527 square feet, which allows us to estimate that cooking energy consumption as 11.5 kWh/m2/yr.
* Residential use Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 198.4 kWh / m2 / yr If we follow Haberl (2001)'s study of the San Saeng area of Thailand with cooking energy consumption of 5 GJ/person/yr and follow UN (2000) with a residential density of 0.142857 persons/m2, then we can estimate cooking energy consumption at 198.4 kWh/m2/yr
Residential use Average Earthling Haberl 2001 The Energetic Metabolism of Societies: Part II: Empirical Estimates Global: All () 5 GJ / capita / yr from a field study in Sang Saeng, a predominantly agricultural village in northeastern Thailand that is currently in the process of rapid industrialization
* Residential use Average New Yorker Canning et al. 2010 Energy Use in the U.S. Food System USA: Residential households (2001) 34.3 kWh / m2 / yr Canning et al. (2010) indicates that in 2001 that cooking energy consumption consisted of 26% of residential household electricity consumption, 3% of natural gas consumption, and 1.6% of liquified petroleum gas consumption. The 2001 Residential Energy Consumption Survey (http://www.eia.gov/consumption/residential/data/2001/) Table CE1-9c for the Northeast region indicates that average household annual consumption was 2027 kWh of electricity, 2.25 thousand cubic feet of natural gas, and 3 gallons of LPG. Taking the given percentages of these fuel types, and converting to kWh, leads to an estimated cooking energy consumption of 2706 kWh/household. The 2001 RECS also gives the average livable space of an apartment in a building with 5 or more units as 847 square feet, which allows us to estimate that cooking energy consumption as 34.3 kWh/m2/yr.
Residential use Average New Yorker Global Energy Partners Project Managers 2010- Energy Efficiency Potential Study for Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. Volume 2: Electric Potential Report New York: urban landscape (2005-2009) 0.936 kWh / m2 / yr This value was calculated under the assumption that the average two-bedroom apartment in New York City is 125 square meters based on Miller (2010).
* Residential use Eco-conscious Global Energy Partners Project Managers 2010- Energy Efficiency Potential Study for Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. Volume 2: Electric Potential Report New York: urban landscape (2005-2009) 0.936 kWh / m2 / yr We assume the same cooking energy consumption rate density as that of the average New Yorker. This value was calculated under the assumption that the average two-bedroom apartment in New York City is 125 square meters based on Miller (2010).
* Residential use Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 23.022818 kWh / m2 / yr Following Haberl (2001), if we assume 3.5 GJ/capita/yr and residential density following Fletcher (1995) of 2.2 people/1000 sq ft, and if all the firewood is used in residents, then we estimate a energy demand of 23 kWh/m2/yr
Residential use Lenape Person Geller & Dutt 1983- Wood Fuel Surveys- Annex III South India: rural () 8 GJ / capita / yr See details in Tables III-6, 7, 8
Residential use Lenape Person Haberl 2001 The Energetic Metabolism of Societies: Part II: Empirical Estimates Global: All () 3.5 GJ / capita / yr Quoting from Haberl (2001): "The use of fire by early humans is of great significance, as it seems to constitute the only share of final energy use by hunter-gatherers not flowing through the human organism (tools, clothes, etc. are a “nonenergy” use; see Part I) and thus are part of the “exosomatic” (Boyden 1992; Georgescu-Roegen 1971; Lotka 1925) energy flow of early human societies. Probably nobody will ever be able to reconstruct how much firewood any specific prehistoric hunter-gatherer society used. Additionally, the extent of the use of fire would have depended largely on variable local environmental conditions, so that results for any specific study site cannot be extrapolated. In the absence of better estimates, I follow Boyden in assuming rather arbitrarily a value of 3.5 GJ/cap/yr (Boyden 1992, 80)."
* Restaurant use Average American U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book US: Buildings (2010) 8600 Btu / ft2 / year
* Restaurant use Average Earthling U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book US: Buildings (2010) 8600 Btu / ft2 / year Due to a lack of global cooking energy consumption data, we have assumed the same cooking energy consumption rate density as that of the United States for this use.
* Restaurant use Average New Yorker U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book US: Buildings (2010) 8600 Btu / ft2 / year Assumed to be the same as average american.
* Restaurant use Eco-conscious U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book US: Buildings (2010) 8600 Btu / ft2 / year Assumed to be the same as average American.
* Restaurant use Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Mannahatta () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Retail use Average American U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book US: Buildings (2010) 600 Btu / ft2 / year
* Retail use Average Earthling U.S. Department of Energy 2012 - 2011 Buildings Energy Data Book US: Buildings (2010) 600 Btu / ft2 / year Due to a lack of global cooking energy consumption data, we have assumed the same cooking energy consumption rate density as that of the United States for this use.
* Retail use Average New Yorker Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 600 Btu / ft2 / year We have assumed the same value as an average American.
* Retail use Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Retail use Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Transportation use Average American U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 2011- Municipal Solid Waste in the United States: Facts and Figures US: All (2010) 0 Btu / ft2 / year We assume a similar amount of energy is spent for cooking in transportation uses as in warehouse uses.
* Transportation use Average Earthling Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Transportation use Average New Yorker Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Transportation use Eco-conscious Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 kWh / m2 / yr
* Transportation use Lenape Person Assumed New York City: Urban Area () 0 kWh / m2 / yr

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