The first chart below shows how energy is used in an average Australian household. The second chart shows the greenhouse gas emissions which result from this energy use.

The depicted pie charts illustrate how typical Australian citizens deploy energy in their homes, and the percentages of greenhouse gas emissions that result from that deployment.

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, families in Australia prioritise using power for heating in general and to warm water in specific,

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most of the footprint is released

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water heating and other electricity appliances. Looking from a detailed perspective, an average household directs almost half of its capacity (42%) to temperature control;

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, only 15% carbon pollution is emitted from it, which surprisingly counteracts other usages that result in more emissions than their actual utilisation. Meanwhile, hydronic heating emits 32% of greenhouse gas

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it required 30% of energy in the process. Meanwhile, 7% of power is allocated towards refrigeration, 4% to lighting and just 2% to cooling;

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, these applications emanate 14%, 8% and 3%, respectively. Simultaneously, alternative appliances discharge footprints that are nearly double the energy applied in them (15%).