UK: likelihood of joining a heat network 2019

This statistic shows how likely respondents to the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Energy and Climate Change Public Attitude Tracking Survey in the United Kingdom (UK) would be to join a heat network in 2019. Levels of enthusiasm for the prospect of joining a heat network were high. Overall, 50 percent said they would be likely to join a heat network, compared with 31 percent who said they would be unlikely to join such a network, if their heating bills were to remain the same.

How likely do you think you would be to join a heat network if you were given the opportunity?*

Characteristic	Percentage of respondents
Very likely	20%
Fairly likely	30%
Not very likely	16%
Not at all likely	15%
It depends	1%
Don't know	16%

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Release date

May 2020

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

December 4 to 16, 2019

Number of respondents

4,212 respondents

Age group

Special properties

UK households.

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* Originally asked as ''How likely do you think you will be to join a heat network like this if you were given the opportunity? When answering please assume that you would pay no more for your heating bills than you do at present.''
Heat networks, also called district heating, involve heat being generated locally and provided to a dwelling, rather than being generated in the dwelling. According to the source, heat networks can be a more efficient, lower carbon way of providing heat to multiple houses.

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