The source adds the following information: "Since 2008, the figures of residential buildings include the energy for heating domestic water. Before this and in the figures of service buildings the energy for heating domestic water is included only as concerns central heating systems."
* Includes use of cereals and straw used for heating agricultural buildings.
** Refers to energy extracted with heat pumps from the environment (ground, air or water) for space heating.
*** Includes liquid gas.
**** Includes greenhouses.
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Consumption of space heating of buildings in Finland 2017, by type and energy source
This statistic shows the consumption of space heating of buildings in Finland in 2017, by type of building and energy source. During that year, residential buildings were the largest consumers of energy from small scale combustion of wood, with approximately **** thousand terajoules of energy. Industrial buildings were the largest users of energy from heavy fuel oil, with roughly *** thousand terajoules, whereas agricultural buildings used peat the largest amount, with approximately *** thousand terajoules.
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Statistics Finland. (March 28, 2019). Consumption of space heating of buildings in Finland in 2017, by type of building and energy source (in terajoules) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 24, 2026, from /statistics/940447/space-heating-consumption-buildings-type-energy-source-finland/
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Statistics Finland. (2019). Consumption of space heating of buildings in Finland in 2017, by type of building and energy source (in terajoules). ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 24, 2026. /statistics/940447/space-heating-consumption-buildings-type-energy-source-finland/
Statistics Finland. "Consumption of Space Heating of Buildings in Finland in 2017, by Type of Building and Energy Source (in Terajoules)." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 28 Mar 2019, /statistics/940447/space-heating-consumption-buildings-type-energy-source-finland/
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Consumption of space heating of buildings in Finland in 2017, by type of building and energy source (in terajoules) [Graph], Statistics Finland, March 28, 2019. [Online]. Available: /statistics/940447/space-heating-consumption-buildings-type-energy-source-finland/
