Press release No. 542 of 16 December 2022
- Temperature adjusted energy consumption down in the first Covid year though people spent more time at home because of lockdowns and work from home
- Decline in the field of heating and hot water preparation only
- Gas consumption as a proportion of energy consumption down slightly in the second consecutive year to 40.6%; share of renewable energies unchanged at 15.1%
WIESBADEN – Households in Germany consumed less housing energy in the first Covid-19 year of 2020 than in 2019 although people spent more time at home on account of the pandemic. The temperature adjusted consumption of housing energy amounted to a total of 715 billion kilowatt-hours in 2020, according to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). Compared with the previous year’s 722 billion kilowatt-hours, the energy consumption of households thus fell by 0.9%. The decline is due only to the fact that households used less energy for heating and the preparation of hot water. More energy was needed for all other purposes.
