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?
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.
* All respondents who have heard of heat networks
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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 December 26, 2024, 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 December 26, 2024. 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: December 26, 2024. 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 December 26, 2024)
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/