In many cases, this means installing underfloor heating and/or extensive post-insulation of the home.

To heat these homes with traditional heat pumps that supply low or medium temperature heat, expensive preparatory measures are required. “A single-family home can be made natural gas-free in two days with this new, innovative heat pump. The high-temperature heat pumps not only have the possibility to break the homeowners and tenants free from gas-fired central boilers that can range up to and around approximately EUR 25,000, they’re also normally energy-cost neutral and makes the resident independent of the rising gas price. High-temperature heat pumps can change the trajectory of home heating in the Netherlands – a country that’s highly dependent on affordable natural gas. A large first step towards breaking cities free from fossil fuels.

This results in not only a lower carbon footprint compared to heat produced from gas boilers, but also reduction in fuel poverty and reduced air pollution. Making use of energy from waste means capturing waste heat from factories, sewage plants or commercial kitchens for example, and then recycling the heat through the district heating networks. This could all change thanks to a new district heat network that Vattenfall started to develop in 2022 in south-east London where the heat will be supplied by energy from waste partner, Cory. One reason for this is the fact that around 85% of UK homes have a gas boiler, which has resulted in 92 million tonnes of carbon dioxide being produced each year.

In the UK, the heating sector currently accounts for almost a third of the country's annual carbon footprint. That’s why Vattenfall aims to transform home heating. How we heat our homes impacts not only our comfort at home, but our planet.

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