Turning down the heat
With almost half the UK's CO2 emissions arising from the use of heat, a call for evidence has today been published setting out plans to deliver long-term reductions in emissions.
Heat Call for Evidence – published by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Defra and Communities and Local Government – is an important next step in developing a strategy for heat.It sets out our understanding of the opportunities and prospects for renewable heat and some of the barriers that prevent the greater use of renewable heat.
The document asks for views about the technologies available to us – which offer the most efficient and practical contribution to achieving our aim and in which specific scenarios? It seeks views on whether we need new incentives to stimulate the development of renewable heat; what form they might take; and which options provide the most cost-effective solutions.
To read the Call for Evidence and to submit your comments on issues set out in the document, visit the BERR website.
The deadline for responses is 31 March 2008.
Page published: 31 January 2008