What is Colombia's pathway to limit global warming to 1.5°C?
Buildings
Emissions from residential and commercial buildings make up around 10% of total energy sector emissions for Colombia, mainly due to the growth in gas consumption.
Colombia's energy mix in the buildings sector
petajoule per year
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Energy mix composition in the buildings sector in consumption (EJ) and shares (%) for the years 2030, 2040 and 2050 based on selected IPCC SR1.5 global least costs pathways.
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Colombia launched a roadmap to decarbonise the buildings sector with specific targets and actions, aiming for all new buildings to be net zero by 2030 and for all buildings to be net zero by 2050.1
Some measures include improving energy efficiency standards for cooling and heating by implementing resolution N°0549 relating to sustainable construction.2
The range of 1.5 °C compatible pathways see an increase in electrification and a decrease in biomass consumption, with the electrification rate going up from 45% in 2019 to 90-95% by 2050.
Colombia will need to focus on improving building energy efficiency, and replacing heating and cooling appliances with efficient alternatives, among other measures, given that space heating and cooling are the main drivers of emissions in the sector.
Colombia's buildings sector direct CO₂ emissions (of energy demand)
MtCO₂/yr
Direct CO₂ emissions only are considered (see power sector for electricity related emissions, hydrogen and heat emissions are not considered here).
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Direct CO₂ emissions of the buildings sector in selected 1.5°C compatible pathways.
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1.5°C compatible buildings sector benchmarks
Direct CO₂ emissions and shares of electricity, heat and hydrogen in the buildings final energy demand from illustrative 1.5°C pathways for Colombia
| Indicator |
2019
|
2030
|
2040
|
2050
|
Decarbonised buildings sector by
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Direct CO₂ emissions
MtCO₂/yr
|
5
|
2 to
4
|
0 to
1
|
0 to
0
|
2030 to
2040
|
|
Relative to reference year in %
|
-65 to
-12%
|
-97 to
-71%
|
-100 to
-94%
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| Indicator |
2019
|
2030
|
2040
|
2050
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Share of electricity
per cent
|
45
|
73 to
78
|
83 to
92
|
90 to
95
|
|
Share of heat
per cent
|
0
|
0 to
0
|
0 to
1
|
1 to
2
|
|
Share of hydrogen
per cent
|
0
|
0 to
0
|
0 to
0
|
0 to
1
|
All values are rounded. Only direct CO₂ emissions are considered (electricity, hydrogen and heat emissions are not considered here; see power sector for emissions from electricity generation). Year of full decarbonisation is based on carbon intenstiy threshold of 5gCO₂/MJ.
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