The energy consumption of the service sector in the United Kingdom fell slightly in 2023. Nearly half of the energy consumed by the service sector was used for heating. That did not include hot water, which used **** megatonnes of oil equivalent out of the ***** megatonnes that the sector as a whole used in 2023. That year, residential buildings were responsible for significantly more greenhouse gas emissions in the UK than commercial buildings.
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GOV.UK. (September 25, 2024). Energy consumption of the service sector in the United Kingdom from 2017 to 2023, by end use (in megatonnes of oil equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 17, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1614112/energy-consumption-of-the-of-the-service-sector-uk-by-end-use/
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