How We Use Energy
We divide our energy use among four economic sectors: residential, commercial, transportation, and industrial. Heating and cooling our homes, lighting office buildings, driving cars and moving freight, and manufacturing the products we rely on in our daily lives are all functions that require energy. If projections are correct, we’re going to keep needing more. In the United States alone, energy consumption is expected to rise 7.3% over the next two decades. Global consumption is expected to increase by 40% over the same time period.
Home & Work
Home & Work
Residential and commercial use accounted for 40% of the energy consumed in the United States in 2015.
Where does the energy consumed in homes and commercial buildings come from? And what is it used for? Discover how energy serves us where we live and where we work.
Transportation
Transportation
28% of all all energy consumed in the United States goes into moving people and cargo.
With less than one twentieth of the world’s population, the United States is home to more than one-fifth of the world’s vehicles. Learn about the impacts of our dependency on vehicles and the fuel we use to run them.
