Decarbonising Heat
Led by Dr Jen Dickie and Prof Zoe Shipton
With only 6.4% of heat produced from renewables in 2020, missing the 11% target by a large margin, the 2030 target of deriving 22% heat from renewables is approaching quickly. Scotland has an abundance of technical options for heat decarbonisation: from renewably generated electricity to geothermal resources under the Central Belt and Highlands.
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.
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