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Building Type Matrix

classification scheme for residential buildings  ---  construction year classes  ---  pictures of example buildings (►explanations) 

Generic Building Types

Last updated: 01.09.2014

National Typology Brochure

example buildings  ---  typical energy consumption values  ---  effect of refurbishment measures  ---  building display sheets

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Brochure in Norwegian language. (Click on picture to download PDF.)

Last updated: 30.03.2016

Statitstics of the Norwegian Building Stock

systematical overview  ---  available statistics for residential buildings and heat supply systems

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Overview

Statistical Table Item Available Sources
S-1.1 Frequency of building types of the national building stock yes [1]
S-1.2.1 Percentage of thermally refurbished envelope areas
S-1.2.2 Information on insulation level and window types
S-2.1 Centralization of the heat supply (for space heating) yes [2], [3], [4]
S-2.2 Heat distribution and storage of space heating systems yes [2], [3], [4]
S-2.3 Heat generation of space heating systems yes [2], [3], [4]
S-2.4 Heat distribution and storage of domestic hot water systems
S-2.5 Heat generation of domestic hot water systems
S-2.6 Solar thermal systems
S-2.7 Ventilation systems
S-2.8 Air-conditioning systems
S-2.9 Control of central heating systems

[1] Source: Statistics Norway: Table: 06266: Dwellings, by type of building and year of construction (M) and
Population and housing census, dwellings, 19 November 2011

[2] Source: Statistics Norway: 8 Households by heating equipment combinations for 2001, 2004, 2006 og 2009, by dwelling type

[3] Source: Statistics Norway: 11 Households, by main heating source. 2001, 2004, 2009 and 1993-1995 on average

[4] Source: Statistics Norway: 7 Households with different kinds of heating equipment. 2001, 2004 and 2006

Last updated: 03.04.2016

Statistic S-1.1: Frequency of Building Types of the National Building Stock

Source: Statistics Norway:
Table: 06266: Dwellings, by type of building and year of construction (M) and Population and housing census, dwellings, 19 November 2011

Dwellings and occupied dwellings, by year of construction and type of building, per 31.12.2013.
Number of buildings (#) Number of dwellings (#) Utility floor space (1000 m²)
Age classes SFH TH AB Total SFH TH AB Total SFH TH AB Total
1955 and before

371 183

69 02026 955 467 158 401 482 143 241 179 666 724 389 62 677 14 765 11 816 89 258
1956 - 1970

209 324

56 7697 419273 512 227 929 81 577 121 358 430 864 37 288 9 656 7 614 54 557
1971 - 1980 194 86149 8484 546249 255 219 673 72 521 91 387 383 581 37 204 8 523 6 565 52 292
1981 - 1990 178 29144 3915 296227 978 202 228 70 619 57 471 330 318 38 202 8 014 4 300 50 516
1991 - 2000 91 91430 9246 319129 157 109 696 55 632 65 056 230 384 17 912 5 586 4 437 27 935
2001 - 2010 83 81940 46810 450134 737 98 808 67 624 126 975 293 407 16 525 6 977 9 006 32 508
2011 and after 16 6959 6232 28028 598 19 144 13 929 23 194 56 267 3 433 1 570 1 866 6 869
SUM 1 146 087 301 043 63 265 1 510 395 1 278 960 505 143 665 107 2 449 210 213 241 55 091 45 604 313 936
Share occupied dwellings (#)Number of occupied dwellings (#)Occupied utility floor space (1000 m²)
Age classesSFHTHABTotalSFHTHABTotalSFHTHABTotal
1955 and before85.3388.8888.2486.74342 566127 307158 534628 40853 47913 12310 42777 028
1956 - 197095.6094.9791.7894.46217 91077 475111 382406 76835 6499 1706 98851 807
1971 - 198094.7896.5492.5894.59208 21470 01184 606362 83135 2638 2286 07849 569
1981 - 199095.2395.3188.4894.06192 57767 30550 850310 73336 3797 6383 80547 822
1991 - 200094.0394.9585.9191.91103 14752 82355 890211 86016 8435 3043 81125 958
2001 - 201092.9594.4787.2790.9291 84263 883110 811266 53615 3606 5917 86029 811
2011 and after92.7994.4287.3690.8217 38213 15220 26250 7953 1171 4831 6306 230
SUM91.6193.3789.0391.281 173 638471 957592 3352 237 930196 09051 53640 599288 225

The upper part of this table gives the number of residential buildings, dwellings and utility floor space, according to the latest available national building statistics from Statistics Norway. The data are slightly reorganized in order to comply with the age classes used in the EPISCOPE project. With reference to the national statistics the building type classes are as follows:

- SFH (Single-Family House) = Detached house, incl. farm house
- TH (Terraced house) = House with 2 dwellings + Row house, linked house and house with 3 dwellings or more
- AB (Apartment block) = Apartment block incl. residence for communities and other buildings

These values include occupied and vacant (for various reasons non-occupied) dwellings. A small share of the buildings (5.0 %) and dwellings (4.3 %) do not have a known construction year, and these are in our table values assumed constructed before 1955 and hence part of the oldest age class.

The lower table gives the share of occupied dwellings, for each building type and age class, as well as the number of occupied dwellings and utility floor space in occupied dwellings. The values for share of occupied dwellings (%) are taken from Statistics Norway’s Population and Housing Census, 2011, and are slightly modified in order to comply with the age classes used in the EPISCOPE project.

Last updated: 03.04.2016

Statistic S-2.1: Centralization of the Heat Supply (for Space Heating)

Statistic S-2.2: Heat distribution and Storage of Space Heating Systems

Statistic S-2.3: Heat generation of space heating systems (Combined)

Source: Statistics Norway: 
Households by heating equipment combinations for 2001, 2004, 2006 og 2009, by dwelling type. Per cent
Percentage of heating equipment (in given years) sorted by building typology 2001 2004 2006 2009
Total Total Total Total

SFH
Single-

Family House

TH
Terraced

House

AB
Apartment

Block
Total 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Only electric space heaters 10 10 7 6 1 4 20
Electric space heaters/ floor heating1 11 12 13 12 3 10 33
Electric space heaters and/or electric floor heating + stove for oil/ kerosene and possibly heat pump 2 2 2 1 0 2 0
Electric stove and/ or electric floor heating and stove for solid fuels 50 46 43 39 45 45 20
Electric space heater and/or el. floor heating and either both stove for oil/kerosene and solid fuels or combined stove for solid fuels and oil/kerosene and possibly heat pumps or heat recovery4 17 14 13 11 13 16 3
Electric space heater and/ or electric floor heating and stove for solid fuels and heat pump, and possibly heat recovery 0 3 4 13 23 3 0
District heating and other2 1 1 1 2 0 2 6
Common or individual central heating total and other, excl. district heating2 7 10 9 8 6 4 15
Common central heating and other2, excl. district heating .. .. 4 4 0 2 15
Of this individual central heating and other2, excl. district heating .. .. 5 4 6 2 0
Heat pump and other2 .. 1 2 2 2 3 1
Gas stove and other .. .. 2 2 2 3 1
Electric stoves, stove for fuel wood, and heat recovery5 .. .. .. 3 3 5 1
Heat recovery and/ or other3 1 2 2 2 1 3 1

1) Includes also households with ESWA, el. heating devices etc.

2) "Other" includes additional types of heating equipments.

3) This category ncludes unspecified heating equipment combinations, or very uncommon equipment combinations, for instance only stove for fuel wood.

4) About 17 per cent in this group had a heat pump in 2009, while nobody had it for earlier years.

5) About 17 per cent in this group had a heat pump in 2009, while nobody had it for earlier years.

Last updated: 08.11.2013

Source: Statistics Norway
Households, by main heating source1. 2001, 2004, 2009 and 1993-1995 on average. Per cent

 Percent heating source

 1993-1995
on average		 2001 2004 2009

Total

 100.0 100.1 100.0 100.0

Electric space heaters

 58.3 59.8 53.8 47.7

Electric floor heating

 6.2 9.1 8,2 7.3

Heat pump, total

 0.0 0.0 2.7 14.8

Ambient-air heat pump

 0.0 0.0 2.0 13.5

Geothermal or ground-source heat pump

 0.0 0.0 0.7 1.3

Stove for oil/kerosene

 3.7 5.4 4.2 1.2

Stove for solid fuels

 17.4 17.3 20.6 17.5

Combined stove for oil and kerosene

 3.4 1.3 1.9 2.0

Stove for pellets

 .. .. .. 0.4

Gas stove

 .. .. .. 0.7

Ventilasjon med varmegjenvinning

 .. .. .. 0.6

District heating

 0.6 0.8 0.8 2.0

Individual or common sentral heating, total except district heating2

 9.5 6.0 7.6 6.0

Common central heating, without district heating

 4.0 4.4 .. 3.5

Egen sentralfyr

 1.6 .. 2.5

Central heating with oil

 2.1 0.4 3.2 2.6

Central heating with el

 1.1 0.9 1.7 1.0

Central heating with wood

 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.1

Central heating with heat pump or gas

 .. .. .. 0.5

Other combinations of central heating for several energy types

 1,9 0.2 1.4 1.4

Unknown central heating

 - - 1.4 0.5

Other heating equipment3

 0.9 0.4 0.3 0.1

1) We do not have information about main heating source in 2006.

2) For 1993-1995 and 2001, its only individual central heating that is distributed on type (oil, el. etc.). For 2004, individual and common central heating is reported together as "central heating", and common central heating is divided on type (el, oil, wood), where this information is given, In other cases its placed on "unknown" central heating. For 2009, individual and common central heating is reported separately but the division on type (oil, electricity etc.) refers to both common and individual central heating.

3) For 2009, this is open stove for fuel wood.

Last updated: 08.11.2013

Source: Statistics Norway
Households with different kinds of heating equipment. 2001, 2004 and 2006. Per cent
Percent of dwellings with
different heating equipment		 2001 2004 2006 2009
Total Total Total Total

SFH
Single-

Family House

TH
Terraced

House

AB
Apartment

Block
Electric space heaters or electric floor heating 97 97 98 94.8 97 93 92
Stove for oil/ kerosene 15 11 16 5.0 7 7 0
Stove for solid fuels/ open fire place 69 65 69 67.3 88 64 26
Stove for pellets .. .. 0.3 0.7 1 1 0
Open fire place .. .. 13 9.5 14 6 4
Closed stove for fuel wood .. .. 67 64.6 84 62 24
Combined stove for fuel wood and oil 10 8 7 10.5 12 14 3
Stove for oil/ kerosene and/or combined stove for fuel wood and oil1 20 17 19 13.7 16 19 3
Stove for solid fuel/ open fire place and/ or combined stove for fuel wood and oil1 72 68 70 71.9 92 73 27
Open fire place + other heating equipment, but not closed stove for fuel wood .. .. 2 2.7 4 2 2
Common or individual central heating total, excl. district heating 7 9 9 8.0 6 4 15
Common central heating, except district heating 5 4 4.2 0 2 15
Individual central heating 2 5 3.9 6 2 0
District heating 1 1 1 2.0 0 2 6
Heat pump total .. 4 8 18.5 33 8 2
Ambient-air heat pump .. 3 7 16.8 31 8 1
Geothermal or ground-source heat pump 0.1 0.8 1 1.8 2 1 1
Heat recovery 5 7.3 8 9 7
Gas stove 2 2.5 3 3 3
Other 2 2 .. .. .. .. ..

1) Some households have combined stove for oil and wood in addition to stove for only fuel wood or oil. These are added up here in order to better illustrate the share of households who in reality can use oil or fuel wood.

Last updated: 08.11.2013

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