The given pie charts illustrate the percentage of Australian household energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.
Overall, water heating accounts for the largest proportion in most of the categories, whereas cooling makes up the lowest figure. In addition, heating peaks in household energy use.
In terms of household energy use, it is clear that heating has the largest percentage at 42%, followed by water heating at 30%, and the figures for the refrigeration and other applienes ranges between 7% and 15%. There is a small variation between cooling and lighting, ranging from 2% to 4%.
As for household greenhouse gas emissions, water heating dominates with 32%; however, cooling has the lowest figure at 3%. There is a difference of 14% between other appliences and refrigeration, with other appliences recording the higher proportion at 28%. Lighting, on the other hand, is 8% lower than heating. In contrast, heating shows 15% of greenhouse gas emissions.
