UK: knowledge of renewable heating 2018

This statistic shows awareness levels of renewable heat among respondents to the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Energy and Climate Change Public Attitude Tracking Survey in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018. Overall, 52 percent of respondents reported some level of awareness of renewable heating.

How much would you say you know about renewable heat?

Characteristic	Percentage of respondents
Knew a lot about it	6%
Knew a little about it	26%
Aware of it but did not really know what it was	20%
Never heard of it	48%

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Release date

February 2019

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

December 5 to 16, 2018

Number of respondents

4,273 respondents

Age group

Special properties

UK households

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

When referring to renewable heat, the survey indicates that it means heating systems using energy from biomass or the sun, or which use electricity to draw heat from the ground, water or air to heat a home. This does not include solar panels which produce electricity.
This statistic is using original data from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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