Decarbonising the UK residential sector: The dependence of national abatement on flexible and local views of the future

Oliver Broad, Graeme Hawker and Paul E. Dodds

Energy Policy, 2020, vol. 140, issue C

Abstract: The UK has some of the worst performing residential buildings in the EU from an energy efficiency perspective. Natural gas remains a dominant feature of existing and new-build housing with strong historical, technical, and social barriers to change. Consequently, the residential sector is responsible for significant shares of national emissions and has a strong role to play under ambitious net zero targets.

Keywords: Energy system modelling; Optimisation; Residential heat; Net zero; Power system; Network model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111321

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