Press release No. 226 of 2 June 2022
- Heat pumps were installed as the primary source of heating in 50.6% of the residential buildings completed in 2021, up from 31.4% in 2015
- Use of gas for heating is declining: gas is the primary source of heating in 34.3% of new buildings, down from 51.5% in 2015
- Overall, the use of renewable energies as primary or secondary source of heating increased from 61.5% to 70.7% between 2015 and 2021
WIESBADEN – Renewable energies are increasingly used for heating in new residential buildings in Germany. More than two thirds (70.7%) of the residential buildings completed in 2021 are wholly or partly heated by energy from renewable sources. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this proportion increased by just under two percentage points compared with 2020 (68.8%). In 2015, it stood at 61.5%. Renewable energies are the primary energy source (i.e. the main source of energy for heating) in more than half (55.1%) of the 102,955 residential buildings completed in 2021 (2015: 38.0%). Heat pumps are mainly used: they were installed as the primary source of heating in 50.6% of new buildings (2015: 31.4%).
