Including 5 closely related terms such as heating, heating, and central heating.
…. This is particularly the case with the numerous different ‘non- traditional’ construction stock. The exercise to determine the CO2 emissions in the stock will almost certainly highlight the use of gas boiler central heating as the No1 cause of emissions. There is currently no effective/affordable alternative that could be quickly put in place. Clean Safe and Green (CSG) have a comparable challenge into moving…
… the direct control of the Council), and accept that scope three may take longer to be carbon neutral as the solutions to moving away from gas heating are not yet available and that the Council cannot direct the actions of the users. It is recommended that this definition be adopted but that action to reduce emissions from scope three continue to be aggressively pursued and achieved in line…
… the improvements. The Council could choose to reapportion its capital investment away from new build but it would not be possible to deliver this scale of major works to over 1000 properties per year to deliver zero carbon by 2030 - firstly because the solutions to move away from gas based heating in an efficient way are not available and unlikely to be for many years, and secondly the logistics…
… solutions. Two of these are asset out below: 7.2 Electricity Supply. The move away from petrol and diesel vehicles currently presumes that they will be replaced by electric powered ones. There are various estimates as to the impact on demand on the grid but most agree that it would need to double its capacity. Many other solutions will require additional electricity (e.g. heat pumps, ventilation…
… year. There are 23M homes connected to the gas grid. Achieving the switchover as quickly as needed will need a workable solution (again hydrogen gas is the most likely) and expansion of supply chains. Heat pumps are also seen as a credible alternative but currently the national Page 18 capacity of installers is around 21,000 per year. Both production and installation capacity will quickly…