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Appendix table 2. Energy consumption in households by energy source in 2017, GWh

Data	Energy source
	Wood	Peat	Coal	Heavy fuel oil	Light fuel oil	Natural gas 1)	Ambient energy 2)	District heat	Electricity 3)	Total
Housing, total	14,812	41	2	32	3,569	392	5,815	19,310	22,513	66,486
Heating of spaces	12,539	27	2	22	2,922	239	4,989	13,882	10,727	45,349
Residential buildings proper, total	11,171	27	2	22	2,880	238	4,814	13,879	9,843	42,876
- Detached houses	11,004	23	2	0	2,492	62	4,240	1,884	7,797	27,504
- Terraced houses	122	1	0	0	95	55	505	2,225	1,124	4,127
- Blocks of flats	45	3	0	22	293	121	69	9,770	922	11,245
Free-time residential buildings	1,368	0	0	0	42	1	175	3	884	2,473
Household appliances	..	..	..	..	..	92	..	..	8,034	8,126
- Lighting	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1,633	1,633
- Cooking	..	..	..	..	..	92	..	..	581	673
- Other electrical equipment	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5,820	5,820
Heating of saunas	1,835	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1,222	3,057
Heating of domestic water	438	14	0	10	647	61	826	5,428	2,530	9,954

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 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 2017, Statistics Finland

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Updated 22.11.2018