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Country introduction (SOER 2010)
Housing in Belgium
Key message
Belgian housing stock is characterised by a high proportion of old buildings (especially in the big cities)
Data sources
- Belgium’s fifth National Communication on Climate Change (under UNFCCC)
- Kingdom of Belgium, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and development Cooperation
- Statistics Belgium: (English - Dutch – French – German)
- Statistics Flanders: Flemish regional indicators (VRIND 2009 - Dutch)
- Statistics Brussels: (English - French – Dutch)
- Statistics Wallonia: (French)
Data sources
Housing
Belgian housing stock is characterised by a high proportion of old buildings (especially in the big cities). The presence of central heating in Belgian housing has risen in the past decades. Natural gas has now surpassed fuel oil as the main source of heat. Coal has also shown a marked decline. Major progress has been made in insulating buildings (dual-glazed windows, insulated roofs, outer walls and heating pipes).
