This is the final version. Available from UKERC via the DOI in this record. The heating of homes is a major contributor to the UK’s greenhouse gas
emissions accounting for 13% of total emissions. This is comparable to the
carbon emissions of all petrol and diesel cars in the UK. 2 Meeting the UK
government’s net zero emissions goal for 2050 will only be possible by complete
decarbonisation of the building stock (both existing and new). While emissions
from heating have fallen by 11% since 1990, much of which was driven by
efficiency programmes and regulation in the period 2002-2012 3, continuing
decarbonisation at this pace would get us to zero emissions from buildings in
235 years and fall far short of meeting the 2050 target
