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Table 1
Distribution of energy-related process or technology use by the manufacturing sector, by industry, 2006

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  Cogeneration Alternative fuel systems or equipment Fuel substitution Waste energy recovery/reuse Use of energy management or monitoring systems Performed energy audit past three years (2004-2006) Other systems, equipment or employee training
percent1
Total 2 2 2 12 10 9 5
Petroleum and coal products 4 7 21 36 28 24 25
Paper 11 8 11 28 22 29 6
Primary metals 1 4 3 24 37 33 20
Non-metallic mineral products 0 2 5 8 9 10 4
Chemicals 4 5 6 23 14 16 15
Wood products 8 5 5 26 12 7 2
Food 1 1 2 19 17 22 13
Fabricated metal products 0s 1 0s 4 8 4 2
Beverage and tobacco products 0 13 x 24 34 10 5
Transportation equipment x 1 x 9 20 14 7
Other manufacturing 1 0s 2 8 5 5 3
  Renewable energy technologies
Small, mini- or micro-hydroelectric facility Solar energy systems or equipment Wind energy systems or equipment Biomass energy2 Geothermal Other renewable energy systems or equipment Total3
percent1
Total 0s 0s 0s 2 0s 1 24
Petroleum and coal products 0 x 0 x 0 0 59
Paper 3 x x 16 0 1 42
Primary metals 1 0 0 x 0 1 49
Non-metallic mineral products 0 1 0 1 0 x 24
Chemicals 0 0 0 x x 1 35
Wood products 0 1 0 21 1 1 47
Food 0 x 0 1 0 1 41
Fabricated metal products 0 0 0 0s 0 x 15
Beverage and tobacco products 0 0 0 0 0 x 38
Transportation equipment 0 0s 7 0 0s 0 32
Other manufacturing 0 x 0 x 0s 1 13
1. Percentage of establishments using each technology.
2. Examples include energy crops and waste-to-energy.
3. Percentage of establishments that used at least one energy-related process or technology.
Source(s): Statistics Canada, Environment Accounts and Statistics Division.