The UK Government’s declaration of a Climate Emergency in May 2019 has radically escalated the pace at which the UK must decarbonise its housing stock. Heating in homes accounts for 10% of the nation’s carbon footprint and homes are more significant than all other building types put together. No surprise then, that our 3rd Climate Emergency event shone a spotlight on Heat in homes, and the race to replace gas.

Prof Andy Ford gave the opening address, saying as we explore which technologies should replace mains gas, the sector has grave concerns that the decision could be derailed by vested interests, as happened to the Zero Carbon Homes legislation previously.
As Prof Ford stated: “The technology choices we make now will echo down the generations. We cannot make this a race of competitive interests.”

The first speaker, Dr Jan Rosenow demonstrated how the UK’s carbon intensity in heating remains one of the worst in Europe. Dr Rosenow stressed how we must go further and faster to switch