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Energy consumption in households by energy source in 2014, GWh

	Wood	Peat	Coal	Heavy fuel oil	Light fuel oil	Natural gas 1)	Ambient energy 2)	District heat	Electricity 3)	Total
Housing, total	14 723	46	3	85	4 130	435	4 652	18 190	21 356	63 619
Heating of residential buildings	14 723	46	3	85	4 130	323	4 652	18 190	13 424	55 576
Residential buildings proper, total	13 022	45	3	85	4 078	322	4 510	18 188	12 656	52 909
- Detached houses	12 785	40	3	-	3 271	95	4 051	2 102	9 736	32 083
- Terraced houses	148	1	-	-	221	75	415	2 874	1 774	5 508
- Blocks of flats	89	4	-	85	586	152	44	13 212	1 146	15 318
Free-time residential buildings	1 701	1	0	-	52	1	142	2	768	2 667
Household appliances	-	-	-	-	-	112	-	-	7 932	8 043
- Lighting	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1 919	1 919
- Cooking	-	-	-	-	-	112	-	-	578	689
- Other electrical equipment	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5 435	5 435
Of heating of residential buildings
- Heating of saunas	1 800	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1 119	2 919
- Heating of domestic water	469	15	1	24	801	68	681	5 161	2 565	9 784

1) Includes liquid gas.
2) Ambient energy refers to energy extracted with heat pumps from the environment (ground, air or water) for space heating. Electricity spent by heat pumps in heating and cooling use is included in electricity consumption of heating.
3) Electrical heating of residential buildings includes direct electrical heating, electric storage heating, additional heating and floor heating by electricity, electricity used by heat pumps, heating of domestic water by electricity, electric sauna stoves and electricity consumed by heating systems and heat distribution equipment.

Source: Energy consumption in households 2014, Statistics Finland

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Updated 20.11.2015