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Appendix table 2. Energy consumption in households by energy source in 2015, GWh (Corrected on 8 December 2016)

Corrected on 8 December 2016. The corrections are indicated in red.
	Wood	Peat	Coal	Heavy fuel oil	Light fuel oil	Natural gas 1)	Ambient energy 2)	District heat	Electricity 3)	Total
Housing, total	13 900	43	3	82	3 668	407	4 465	17 976	20 917	61 460
Heating of spaces	11 630	28	3	57	2 926	235	3 711	12 750	9 464	40 804
Residential buildings proper, total	10 441	28	2	57	2 887	235	3 566	12 748	8 796	38 760
- Detached houses	10 271	24	2	-	2 344	72	3 161	1 716	6 916	24 507
- Terraced houses	126	1	-	-	153	53	373	2 057	1 053	3 816
- Blocks of flats	44	3	-	57	390	110	32	8 975	827	10 437
Free-time residential buildings	1 189	0	0	-	39	1	145	2	668	2 044
Household appliances	-	-	-	-	-	107	-	-	7 780	7 886
- Lighting	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1 876	1 876
- Cooking	-	-	-	-	-	107	-	-	574	680
- Other electrical equipment	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5 330	5 330
Heating of saunas	1 805	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1 115	2 920
Heating of domestic water	465	15	1	25	742	65	754	5 226	2 558	9 850

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.
3) Electrical heating of spaces includes direct electrical heating, electric storage heating, additional heating and floor heating by electricity, electricity used by heat pumps and electricity consumed by heating systems and heat distribution equipment.

Source: Energy consumption in households 2015, Statistics Finland

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Updated 18.11.2016