Areas of energy savings and displacements are identified by the red dotted circles on the chart. From the 2.64 exajoules of energy used in the residential and commercial sector, 0.77 is lost in the distribution or in the combustion process.

• GSHP contribute to the reduction of the remaining 1.87 exajoules of useful energy but also the reduction of part of the 0.77 in lost energy.
• The free energy from the ground does not appear in Canada's energy flow chart because GSHP technology is at the end of the supply chain, at the consumer level. GSHP is therefore a unique renewable energy, a conservation and an energy efficiency technology.
• By reducing the level of energy used in buildings, GSHP displace traditional energy supply (electricity, natural gas and heating oil) and contribute to the reduction of pressure on existing energy transport and delivery infrastructures as well as energy lost in the transport and delivery process.