The proportion of households in Saxony with modern heating has increased. This is the result of a regional evaluation of the study "How does Germany heat?" published on Friday by the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW). According to the survey, 23.3% of heating systems in Bavaria are five years old or younger. In 2019, it was only 13.8%.
At the same time, the proportion of particularly old heating systems with a service life of more than 25 years has risen - from 16.5% to 28.2%. On average, heating systems in homes in Saxony are 14.6 years old (2019: 16.6).
According to the association, there are major differences between the various technologies: on average, oil central heating systems in Saxony are 21.2 years old, gas central heating systems are 13.4 years old and other heating systems are 13.1 years old.
Additional heating sources are used in around a third of homes in Saxony. Fireplaces remain particularly popular (40.4 percent), followed by wood and pellet stoves (20.2 percent) and coal stoves (18.6 percent).
