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Appendix table 2. Energy consumption in households by energy source in 2016, GWh (Corrected on 1 February 2018)

Corrected on 2 February 2018. 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	15 123	44	2	71	3 801	407	5 441	19 594	22 514	66 997
Heating of spaces	12 837	29	2	52	3 104	244	4 592	14 293	10 539	45 692
Residential buildings proper, total	11 480	29	2	52	3 061	243	4 421	14 290	9 674	43 252
- Detached houses	11 299	25	2	..	2 529	66	3 897	1 907	7 648	27 373
- Terraced houses	135	1	..	..	117	55	469	2 265	1 166	4 208
- Blocks of flats	46	3	..	52	415	122	55	10 118	860	11 671
Free-time residential buildings	1 357	0	0	..	43	1	171	3	865	2 440
Household appliances	..	..	..	..	..	101	..	..	8 194	8 295
- Lighting	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1 770	1 770
- Cooking	..	..	..	..	..	101	..	..	580	681
- Other electrical equipment	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5 844	5 844
Heating of saunas	1 829	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1 220	3 049
Heating of domestic water	457	15	0	19	697	62	849	5 301	2 561	9 961

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 2016, Statistics Finland

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Updated 17.11.2017