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CSO Stats

  • 14-03-2016 10:13pm
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    caesarthechimp
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    Some stats just released by the CSO might be of interest;
    The most popular additional home heating source was an open fire or open fire with a back boiler which was reported by 38% of households. Stoves or ranges were the next most popular option at 24%.
    There were sharp differences between rural and urban areas in relation to the use of stoves or ranges: 47% of rural households used them compared with 12% of urban households. 73% of apartments did not use any additional heating sources.
    Coal (28% of households), wood logs (23%), and peat (16%) were the most popular fuels used in the open fire for supplementary heating.
    Wood logs were used by 29% of rural households as a fuel in their stove or range.
    Most of those those wood logs would have to go down as multi-fuel in a BER though.
    Heating tap water (Tables 14a and 14b)
    During winter 82% of households used the central heating system to heat their tap water. This contrasts with summer when just 34% used the central heating system. The immersion heater was used by 52% of households in summer to heat tap water compared with only 10% using it in winter. Just 3% of households used solar panels, in conjunction with the central heating system or immersion, to heat water during the summer.
    There's your "summertime immersion" which drags the BER down quite a bit. Still very popular at 52%.


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