The Future of Low Carbon Heat For Off-Gas Buildings

―  We have identified no examples of low-carbon heating being taken up on a large scale without government assistance.

― The primary barrier to the roll-out of low carbon heat is financial. Efficient schemes like renewably powered district heating will have to be government financed.

― Without significant government planning, individual households are likely to decarbonise their heat using heat pumps which, while an improvement over fossil fuels, have significant downsides – not least, their collective impact on the electrical grid.

Type of Resource
Policy Paper
Date Published
Primary Author or Creator
Common Weal
Additional Author(s) / Creators
Glaagow Caledonian University, Energy Poverty Research Initiative