This statistic shows the views of respondents to the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) Public Attitude Tracking Survey about having renewable heat in their home. Overall, 46 percent of respondents were, to some degree, positive about the prospect.
How positive or negative would you say you are towards the idea of having a renewable heating system in your home?
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UK Department of Energy & Climate Change. (November 8, 2018). How positive or negative would you say you are towards the idea of having a renewable heating system in your home? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/426234/united-kingdom-uk-attitudes-towards-renewable-heating/
UK Department of Energy & Climate Change. "How positive or negative would you say you are towards the idea of having a renewable heating system in your home?." Chart. November 8, 2018. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/426234/united-kingdom-uk-attitudes-towards-renewable-heating/
UK Department of Energy & Climate Change. (2018). How positive or negative would you say you are towards the idea of having a renewable heating system in your home?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/426234/united-kingdom-uk-attitudes-towards-renewable-heating/
UK Department of Energy & Climate Change. "How Positive or Negative Would You Say You Are towards The Idea of Having a Renewable Heating System in Your Home?." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Nov 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/426234/united-kingdom-uk-attitudes-towards-renewable-heating/
UK Department of Energy & Climate Change, How positive or negative would you say you are towards the idea of having a renewable heating system in your home? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/426234/united-kingdom-uk-attitudes-towards-renewable-heating/ (last visited March 29, 2023)
How positive or negative would you say you are towards the idea of having a renewable heating system in your home? [Graph], UK Department of Energy & Climate Change, November 8, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/426234/united-kingdom-uk-attitudes-towards-renewable-heating/