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	TABULA Building Typology Denmark

Residential Building Typology

Building Type Matrix

classification scheme for residential buildings --- construction year classes --- pictures of example buildings

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Generic Building Types

Last updated: 04.09.2014

National Typology Brochure

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

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

Last updated: 17.09.2014

Statistics of the Danish 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	Centralisation of the heat supply (for space heating)	yes	[1]
S-2.2	Heat distribution and storage of space heating systems
S-2.3	Heat generation of space heating systems	yes	[1]
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] Danish Enterprise and Construction Authority, The Building Stock Register (BBR - Bygnings- og Bollgregistret), 2012

Statistic S-1.1: Frequency of building types of the national building stock

Building period	Total number of buildings. Excluded listed buildings and buildings without heating installation			Heated external area [m²]. Included heated business area. Excluded listed buildings and buildings without heating installation
	Single-family houses	Terrace houses	Apartment Blocks	Single-family houses	Terrace houses	Apartment Blocks
Før 1850	35.803	3.632	1.714	17.215.006	478.743	833.196
1851 - 1930	297.832	24.873	41.672	35.706.073	3.237.158	25.458.577
1931 - 1950	134.001	14.204	16.659	16.793.524	1.883.409	14.890.413
1951 - 1960	108.299	15.608	5.574	13.548.064	2.176.005	8.011.232
1961 - 1972	273.139	31.965	6.594	39.052.489	4.649.885	14.264.179
1973 - 1978	147.183	24.163	2.102	22.999.832	3.764.563	4.525.897
1979 - 1998	127.005	81.801	8.647	18.215.274	12.932.598	7.957.695
1999 - 2006	48.836	24.895	3.385	7.809.797	4.117.519	3.838.907
Efter 2007	31.525	13.531	1.642	7.342.484	2.123.698	2.620.386
Total	1.203.623	234.672	87.989	178.682.543	35.363.578	82.400.482

Statistic S-2.1: Centralisation of the heat supply (for space heating)

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

Single-family houses

Total number of buildings
Including farmhouses and excluded listed buildings and buildings without heating installation

Building period	District heating	Central heating (N.Gas)	Central heating (Oil)	Electricity	Stoves etc.	Heat pump	Other	Total
Før 1850	2.916	3.214	15.604	5.369	6.841	1.214	368	35.526
1851 - 1930	66.137	35.173	120.088	22.477	42.489	8.022	2.269	296.655
1931 - 1950	51.703	25.320	39.992	5.248	8.735	2.198	493	133.689
1951 - 1960	47.607	26.024	25.274	3.676	3.692	1.196	210	107.679
1961 - 1972	131.414	78.902	46.066	9.546	4.246	2.987	354	273.515
1973 - 1978	68.449	37.778	20.362	17.356	1.998	1.664	187	147.794
1979 - 1998	55.955	30.089	11.831	24.125	2.367	2.519	320	127.206
1999 - 2006	23.053	16.416	4.305	1.327	1.811	1.726	252	48.890
Efter 2007	14.982	8.869	1.803	363	996	3.965	220	31.198
Total	462.216	261.785	285.325	89.487	73.175	25.491	4.673	1.202.152

Last updated: 24.10.2013

Heated external area [m²]
Including farmhouses and heated business area. Excluded listed buildings and buildings without heating installation

Building period	District heating	Central heating (N.Gas)	Central heating (Oil)	Electricity	Stoves etc.	Heat pump	Other	Total
Før 1850	430.161	516.032	2.618.304	720.330	1.145.725	231.172	68.959	5.730.683
1851 - 1930	9.728.427	5.634.140	19.612.491	3.120.719	7.249.677	1.504.847	427.978	47.278.279
1931 - 1950	6.689.575	3.427.934	5.626.435	656.125	1.360.318	365.393	81.210	18.206.990
1951 - 1960	5.782.130	3.312.007	3.237.365	413.107	514.411	177.474	30.451	13.466.945
1961 - 1972	18.941.391	11.366.339	6.605.414	1.241.665	658.154	477.394	55.007	39.345.364
1973 - 1978	10.542.169	5.764.950	3.285.613	2.500.607	369.008	288.419	35.582	22.786.348
1979 - 1998	8.030.847	4.485.950	1.979.425	3.348.487	432.547	438.261	57.488	18.773.005
1999 - 2006	3.624.960	2.585.350	773.192	176.799	352.721	293.359	43.606	7.849.987
Efter 2007	2.546.870	1.510.553	356.763	51.625	208.646	773.598	46.040	5.494.095
Total	66.316.530	38.603.255	44.095.002	12.229.464	12.291.207	4.549.917	846.321	178.931.696

Last updated: 24.10.2013

Terraced houses

Total number of buildings
Excluded listed buildings and buildings without heating installation

Building period	District heating	Central heating (N.Gas)	Central heating (Oil)	Electricity	Stoves etc.	Heat pump	Other	Total
Før 1850	1.984	320	451	566	231	40	9	3.601
1851 - 1930	16.936	1.955	2.847	1.882	870	155	25	24.670
1931 - 1950	7.201	3.849	2.454	309	150	28	5	13.996
1951 - 1960	9.146	4.056	1.696	495	94	17	2	15.506
1961 - 1972	23.642	5.561	1.571	985	37	51	6	31.853
1973 - 1978	16.767	2.856	698	3.727	12	59	40	24.159
1979 - 1998	51.645	18.252	1.525	9.728	102	308	72	81.632
1999 - 2006	15.427	8.653	384	196	16	71	5	24.752
Efter 2007	7.915	4.384	204	76	40	197	10	12.826
Total	150.663	49.886	11.830	17.964	1.552	926	174	232.995

Last updated: 24.10.2013

Heated external area [m²]
Included heated business area. Excluded listed buildings and buildings without heating installation

Building period	District heating	Central heating (N.Gas)	Central heating (Oil)	Electricity	Stoves etc.	Heat pump	Other	Total
Før 1850	245.618	50.138	71.611	59.896	33.569	7.013	3.453	471.298
1851 - 1930	2.107.117	302.969	434.545	214.601	115.285	25.402	7.607	3.207.526
1931 - 1950	1.016.456	476.619	291.018	35.027	19.841	4.108	1.389	1.844.458
1951 - 1960	1.336.452	493.266	274.239	48.441	12.511	2.299	205	2.167.413
1961 - 1972	3.498.569	739.702	263.439	121.469	5.081	7.244	779	4.636.283
1973 - 1978	2.684.731	433.173	109.412	522.144	1.780	8.013	2.907	3.762.160
1979 - 1998	8.397.726	2.951.853	230.254	1.243.149	20.904	42.493	17.431	12.903.810
1999 - 2006	2.616.958	1.343.215	73.973	41.669	4.462	11.421	551	4.092.249
Efter 2007	1.244.901	644.403	34.409	17.418	4.963	39.782	1.328	1.987.204
Total	23.148.528	7.435.338	1.782.900	2.303.814	218.396	147.775	35.650	35.072.401

Last updated: 24.10.2013

Apartment Blocks

Total number of buildings
Excluded listed buildings and buildings without heating installation

Building period	District heating	Central heating (N.Gas)	Central heating (Oil)	Electricity	Stoves etc.	Heat pump	Other	Total
Før 1850	1.171	157	177	110	79	9	4	1.707
1851 - 1930	32.697	3.271	3.882	1.088	556	82	79	41.655
1931 - 1950	13.319	1.500	1.503	214	98	16	25	16.675
1951 - 1960	4.466	603	402	45	26	8	7	5.557
1961 - 1972	5.535	564	400	47	13	7	4	6.570
1973 - 1978	1.786	129	113	61	9	2	-	2.100
1979 - 1998	7.096	1.087	150	282	9	6	20	8.650
1999 - 2006	2.808	528	16	7	6	1	2	3.368
Efter 2007	1.289	234	9	2	4	15	2	1.555
Total	70.167	8.073	6.652	1.856	800	146	143	87.837

Last updated: 24.10.2013

Heated external area [m²]
Included heated business area. Excluded listed buildings and buildings without heating installation

Building period	District heating	Central heating (N.Gas)	Central heating (Oil)	Electricity	Stoves etc.	Heat pump	Other	Total
Før 1850	523.808	52.288	75.376	35.293	26.059	3.177	2.762	718.763
1851 - 1930	22.218.593	1.103.611	1.401.534	352.349	188.912	26.398	28.942	25.320.339
1931 - 1950	13.057.176	904.195	730.503	73.948	40.011	5.142	9.393	14.820.368
1951 - 1960	6.930.392	613.930	348.138	18.410	6.371	2.285	1.980	7.921.506
1961 - 1972	12.559.708	993.293	601.852	15.562	5.039	2.463	6.459	14.184.376
1973 - 1978	4.164.596	171.555	124.157	31.212	2.248	497	-	4.494.265
1979 - 1998	6.955.160	766.257	85.418	94.772	2.460	4.282	23.665	7.932.014
1999 - 2006	3.368.305	439.310	8.138	3.025	2.025	1.510	434	3.822.747
Efter 2007	2.150.761	258.352	5.754	1.087	1.609	9.477	10.666	2.437.706
Total	71.928.499	5.302.791	3.380.870	625.658	274.734	55.231	84.301	81.652.084

National Scientific Report Denmark

Fundamentals and elements of the national residential building typology

Download:<DK_TABULA_ScientificReport_SBi.pdf>

(in English Language)

Last updated: 07.02.2012

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SBi - Danish Building Research Institute, Aalborg University
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