Statistics Norway

Energy usage in households

6 Average energy consumption by house type, year of construction and region. kWh utilized energy per household1.1995, 2001, 2004, 2006 og 2009
  1995 2001 2004 20063 2009
  Total energy Total energy Total energy Total energy Total energy2 Electricity Oil and kerosene Wood, pellets, wood briquettes Average specific energy consumption. kWh per m2
Total 21 919 20 969 19 571 19 986 19 039 15 977  664 2 217  170
                   
House type                  
Farm house 26 849 27 342 27 174 28 526 26 631 18 818  864 6 947  190
Detached house 26 706 25 456 24 210 24 398 23 843 19 919  787 3 069  168
Rowhouse etc. 18 176 17 844 16 074 16 210 16 897 14 764  750 1 124  178
Flat etc 12 503 11 716 11 017 12 225 10 249 9 191  315  383  162
                   
Year of construction                  
Prior to 1931 20 655 20 526 19 126 19 246 19 701 16 077  680 2 909  175
1931-1954 21 605 19 518 19 843 21 775 22 137 17 797 1 161 3 179  181
1955-1970 20 368 20 460 17 683 20 335 17 899 14 834  889 2 008  177
1971-1986 23 407 22 410 21 978 19 537 20 027 16 820  834 2 272  172
1987 -1996 423 449 20 172 19 360 21 877 19 837 17 520  139 2 049  151
1997 and later .. 21 170 17 637 18 054 15 672 13 683 36 1 361  161
                   
Region                  
Akershus 23 831 22 025 18 851 20 920 19 790 17 290  744 1 611  161
Oslo 17 242 14 365 14 503 15 054 13 939 11 740 1 059  563  173
Hedmark and Oppland 22 980 22 639 21 233 23 055 23 477 16 740 1 800 4 906  188
South-East-Norway 21 810 21 659 20 811 22 583 20 796 17 255  611 2 905  164
Agder and Rogaland 21 894 21 280 19 802 18 496 18 733 15 933  726 1 876  160
Western-Norway 21 403 20 325 18 517 18 885 17 932 15 255  294 2 133  152
Trøndelag 21 894 23 878 21 653 19 775 19 451 16 568  266 2 471  190
Northern-Norway 25 175 24 220 21 775 22 283 19 761 17 462  224 2 043  197
1  Some of the theoretical energy contents in fuel wood and oil products is getting lost when it's burnt in a stove. This implies that that the utilized consumption becomes lower than the energy supplied. In this table the consumption is calculated as utilized energy by multiplying with the thermal efficiency coefficient of the energy bearer (100 per cent for electricity and district heating, 65 per cent for fuel wood, 80 per cent for heating oil and 75 per cent for kerosene).
2  The differense between total energy consumption and use of the different energy types, is consumption of district heating and gas.
3  For 2006, consumption of fuel wood and kerosene in cottages is included in the households energy consumption while this is excluded for other years. This implies that the total energy consumption becomes about 1 per cent higher, and fuel wood 5 per cent (almost 200 kWh) higher than it would have been if this not has been included for this year.
4  Refers to the period 1987 and later.

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