Natural gas plays the largest role in heating, accounting for around 42% of energy used for space heating in the residential and household sectors. Oil is the next most important fossil fuel for heating accounting for 14% while coal accounts for around 3%.
As a result one of the key sectors for significant short-term savings is heating in households.
In the table below you can see the major opportunities estimated for gas and oil saving initiatives in buildings from simple things such as:
Turning down, turning off heating in unused rooms
Fitting TRVs
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