Household energy consumption for housing continued to increase in 2016

In 2016, private households in Germany used 665 billion kilowatt hours of energy for housing purposes, a 1.4 percent increase on 2015, writes the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) in a press release. The figures are temperature adjusted and do not include motor fuels. The increase was mainly due to the fact that households used more energy for room heating (+2.2 percent), says Destatis. Room heating accounts for the largest proportion of household energy consumption, at just over 70 percent. Renewable energy use saw the largest increase at 6.3 percent, while natural gas consumption increased by 5 percent. The use of mineral oil, electricity, and coal declined in 2016. In the period 2010 to 2016, coal use in households decreased by almost 40 percent, while renewables use increased by nearly 20 percent.

Find the press release in English here, and further details in German here.

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