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Appendix table 2. Energy consumption in households by energy source in 2019, GWh

	Wood	Peat	Coal	Heavy fuel oil	Light fuel oil	Natural gas 1)	Ambient energy 2)	District heat	Electricity 3)	Total
Housing, total	14 304	42	1	11	2 948	381	6 231	18 517	22 545	64 980
Heating of spaces	12 041	29	1	8	2 365	243	5 331	12 951	10 401	43 370
Residential buildings proper, total	10 724	28	1	8	2 319	242	5 067	12 947	9 584	40 920
- Detached houses	10 538	25	1	..	2 028	83	4 452	1 719	7 448	26 294
- Terraced houses	146	1	..	..	97	40	482	2 017	1 178	3 956
- Blocks of flats	40	2	..	8	194	119	133	9 211	963	10 670
Free-time residential buildings	1 317	1	0	..	46	1	264	4	817	2 450
Household appliances	..	..	..	..	..	80	..	..	8 439	8 519
- Lighting	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1 558	1 558
- Cooking	..	..	..	..	..	80	..	..	600	680
- Other electrical equipment	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	6 281	6 281
Heating of saunas	1 841	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1 228	3 069
Heating of domestic water	422	13	0	3	583	58	900	5 566	2 477	10 022

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 2019, Statistics Finland

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Updated 19.11.2020