The first chart below shows how energy is used in an average British household. The second chart shows the greenhouse gas emissions which result from this energy use.
The first chart illustrates data regarding the division of
energy
in an average home in Britain. The second chart demonstrates the proportional amounts of greenhouse
gas
emissions
which are produced by this
energy
use.
Overall
, the charts show that the greatest proportion of energy
in a British household is used by heating, although
it is water heating which is the largest contributor of
Change preposition
to
greenhouse
gas
emissions
.
In terms of how energy
is divided, cooling demands the lowest energy
share of a British home at just 2%. Lighting and refrigeration are the next least energy
-hungry categories, taking up 4% and 7% of energy
respectively. Water heating requires 30%, while
just over two fifths of an average household’s energy
is used by heating. The remainder is accounted for by other appliances.
Turning to the ordinary British household’s greenhouse
gas
emissions
, cooling again reports the lowest figure, contributing 3%. Lighting is responsible for 8%, and refrigeration and heating make almost identical contributions with14
% and 15% respectively. Almost a third of Correct your spelling
with 14
greenhouse
gas
emissions
are caused by water heating, whereas
other appliances make up the remaining 28%.Submitted by fiasngs on
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Vocabulary: Replace the words energy, greenhouse, gas, emissions with synonyms.
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