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Appendix table 2. Energy consumption in households by energy source in 2018, GWh. Appendix table was corrected on 18 June 2020.

	Wood	Peat	Coal	Heavy fuel oil	Light fuel oil	Natural gas 1)	Ambient energy 2)	District heat	Electricity 3)	Total
Housing, total	14 554	42	2	31	3 252	359	5 970	18 726	22 731	65 667
Heating of spaces	12 282	28	2	22	2 617	221	5 125	13 235	10 811	44 343
Residential buildings proper, total	10 963	27	1	22	2 570	220	4 853	13 232	9 996	41 884
- Detached houses	10 774	23	1	0	2 212	61	4 273	1 775	7 874	26 993
- Terraced houses	146	1	0	0	94	43	484	2 092	1 173	4 033
- Blocks of flats	43	3	0	22	264	116	96	9 365	949	10 858
Free-time residential buildings	1 319	1	0	0	48	1	272	3	815	2 459
Household appliances	..	..	..	..	..	79	..	..	8 205	8 284
- Lighting	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1 599	1 599
- Cooking	..	..	..	..	..	79	..	..	595	674
- Other electrical equipment	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6 011	6 011
Heating of saunas	1 838	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1 225	3 063
Heating of domestic water	434	14	0	9	635	59	845	5 491	2 490	9 977

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 2018, Statistics Finland

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Updated 21.11.2019