Notes: 1. Road freight output is freight tonne kms; road passenger output is passenger kms; output for services and industries are the value added by that sector; household "efficiency" is domestic energy consumed per household. Percentage in brackets is percentage share of total energy consumption.
Coverage: United Kingdom, except road passengers and road freight which are Great Britain
Source: DfT, DTI, ONS, BRE
- Between 1970 and 2002, there were large improvements in energy efficiency in both industrial (62 per cent) and service (62 per cent) sectors.
- Over the same period, road freight energy efficiency declined by 32 per cent.
- Since 1998, only the service sector has shown a significant change in energy efficiency; an improvement of 18 per cent.