Given the variability in housing stock and household finances, implementing these technologies within households becomes a complex socio-technological question. There is an urgent need to understand the public’s appetite for novel technologies, address the performance gap in variable building and household types, and develop technical and social science approaches to fill those gaps.

In turn, the Decarbonising Heat theme will establish a cross-disciplinary consortium of academics, industry, and community partners to help Scotland decarbonise its heat to meet its legally binding climate goals.