Earth Notes: General Bibliography (hart-davis2023retrofits)
General public bibliography for EOU and related research. #bibliography #dataset
- [hart-davis2023retrofits] Hart-Davis, Damon UK Homes Wet Heating Retrofits Needed for Net Zero (accessed ), edition 2, , language en-gb (www) (BibTeX).
keywords
UK, England, Kingston-upon-Thames, 2023, snapshot, homes, domestic, housing stock, housing, retrofit, heating, space heating, central heating, wet, hydronic, optimise, heatpump, heat-pump, gas, boiler, net zero, climate, climate change, emissions
abstract
If the UK is to meet its Net Zero targets so as to have sufficient impact on reducing climate change, the 10% to 20% of UK greenhouse gas emissions from home heating will need to be minimised or eliminated. This paper takes a quick snapshot of the UK in 2023 and estimates the number of already-standing homes that will need their current gas-fired wet (radiator-based) heating systems retrofitted by 2050, and some hard-to-treat cases. This snapshot also briefly drills down via England to the suburb of London (Kingston) where the author lives. In practice it appears that virtually all of these gas-boiler homes could have their space heating electrified with heat pumps to good climate effect.