What is Peru's pathway to limit global warming to 1.5°C?
Buildings
In 2019, the share of electricity in Peru’s building sector – both residential and commercial – was over 30%, followed by biomass and oil and gas. The sector emitted 4 MtCO₂ which represented 2% of total emissions in the energy sector.
Peru'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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The analysed 1.5°C pathways show that the sector could be decarbonised between 2030 and 2043, with the share of electricity doubling by 2030 from 2019 values and reaching close to 90% in 2050.
Peru will need stronger policies in place to decarbonise the buildings sector. In 2021, the Ministry of Housing, Construction and Sanitation released an updated version of the technical code for sustainable construction which consists of guidelines for renovation, design and construction of sustainable buildings following SDG criteria.1 Other government programmes include the Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) for Sustainable Construction which aims to reduce water consumption in buildings by 30–40% and energy consumption by 30–50% by 2030. However, the implementation of energy efficiency and appliance labelling programmes would need to be accelerated and other stronger measures be put in place in order to reduce emissions in the sector.
Peru'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 Peru
| Indicator |
2019
|
2030
|
2040
|
2050
|
Decarbonised buildings sector by
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Direct CO₂ emissions
MtCO₂/yr
|
4
|
1 to
6
|
0 to
2
|
0 to
1
|
2030 to
2043
|
|
Relative to reference year in %
|
-65 to
54%
|
-96 to
-61%
|
-98 to
-84%
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| Indicator |
2019
|
2030
|
2040
|
2050
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Share of electricity
per cent
|
32
|
61 to
68
|
70 to
91
|
82 to
87
|
|
Share of heat
per cent
|
1
|
0 to
2
|
0 to
6
|
7 to
14
|
|
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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