Definition: Final energy consumption – Residential (Code B_102...

Category: Energy

Final energy consumption – Residential covers quantities consumed by all households including "households with employed persons" (NACE Divisions 97 and 98).
Household means a person living alone or a group of people who live together in the same private dwelling and sharing expenditures including the joint provision of the essentials of living. The household sector, also known as the residential (or domestic) sector is therefore, a collective pool of all households in a country. 

Collective residences which can be permanent (e.g. prisons) or temporary (e.g. hospitals) are excluded as these are covered in consumption in the service sector. Energy used in all transport activities are reported in the transport sector and not in the household sector. 
Energy consumption associated with significant economic activities of households are also excluded from the total household energy consumption. These activities include agricultural economic activities on small farms and other economic activities carried out in a household’s residence and are found in the corresponding sector.