ETI welcomes Carbon Connect Heat report 'Pathways for Heat: Low Carbon Heat for Buildings'
17 November 2014
17th November 2014
New report by Carbon Connect follows cross-party inquiry chaired by Shadow Energy Minister, Jonathan Reynolds MP, and Conservative, Dan Byles MP.
• Report argues we are embarking on a nationwide transformation in the way we heat our homes and buildings.
• Report calls for the next Government to fill gaps in the evidence base and ramp up delivery of low carbon heating and energy efficiency.
• Report argues there is no one solution to cutting emissions from building heat, and instead we are heading towards a ‘mixed future’ of technologies and fuels.
The ETI's Director of the Smart Systems and Heat Programme Grant Bourhill commented:
“The decarbonisation of heat for UK homes is challenging but achievable. Today’s Carbon Connect report highlights the importance of heat to the UK energy system. In particular the report emphasises the need for local energy system pathways. The ETI’s multi-vector, multi-decadal EnergyPath software has been created to undertake such local area designs. Our work has also shown that to achieve decarbonisation, a system level framework is required to package known technologies into integrated, consumer-centric solutions. We support the reports’ recommendation that potential deployment solutions be tested at-scale, providing both an evidence base and confidence ahead of mass deployment.”