Thomas Pellerin-Carlin· S&D

Nuanced

Half of the energy consumed in Europe is used for heating and cooling

Omissions

• The search reached the limit without locating the specific Eurostat or European Commission source confirming the 50% figure for total EU final energy consumption across all sectors
• Only residential sector data was found (62.5% for heating in 2023), covering just one component of total heating and cooling demand
• Data for industrial process heat and commercial building heating/cooling, which would be needed to verify the total 50% figure, were not found
• The exact split between heating and cooling was not identified - the claim combines both but available data focused primarily on heating

Sources

• PrimaryEurostat - Energy consumption in households (Statistics Explained PDF)For 2023, in the EU, the main use of energy by households was for heating homes (62.5% of final energy consumption in the residential sector)
• PrimaryEuropean Commission - Heating and CoolingSpace and water heating represented 77.6% of the final energy consumed by households