Comments on: 2050: housing, heat, and how we’ll hit the target http://carbonlimited.org/2009/02/05/heat-is-the-key-to-2050-co2-target/ low carbon energy and engineering Mon, 14 May 2012 07:31:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Casey Cole http://carbonlimited.org/2009/02/05/heat-is-the-key-to-2050-co2-target/#comment-836 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:24:54 +0000 http://carbonlimited.org/?p=483#comment-836 Is this the start of Jason H’s Green New Deal?

]]> By: Nick Devlin http://carbonlimited.org/2009/02/05/heat-is-the-key-to-2050-co2-target/#comment-835 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:13:59 +0000 http://carbonlimited.org/?p=483#comment-835 have you seen this today:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/feb/09/eco-homes-refit-emissions

]]> By: Will http://carbonlimited.org/2009/02/05/heat-is-the-key-to-2050-co2-target/#comment-829 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:11:12 +0000 http://carbonlimited.org/?p=483#comment-829 Casey,
Heat is a key question and while people are happy minimising energy for heating, de-carbonising is a different story.

I’d be interested in your thoughts on Prof David Mackay’s views on the 2050 energy mix and the direction that implies. http://www.withouthotair.com . Roughly speaking, he thinks that while solar thermal, biomass and energy efficiency are useful, ultimately the majority of UK heating must be electrified and use heat pumps.

What do you think?

]]> By: Jason Hawkes http://carbonlimited.org/2009/02/05/heat-is-the-key-to-2050-co2-target/#comment-828 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:55:16 +0000 http://carbonlimited.org/?p=483#comment-828 Has anyone done a future heat map of the UK? If we need to decarbonise heating requirements, and assuming the previous article about post-1917 houses can be tackled, do we know what a heat map of the UK will look like?.

I think we should use the idea proposed by Transition Towns of working backwards from a deadline. Is it possible to draw this Heat map and see what we need to put in place by 2050? And by 2040? 2030? and so on. Governments only think in 5 year cycles, so its up to industry to have answers ready when the crunch comes

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