How do we heat our homes in a climate-friendly way? Emissions:Impossible #8

Опубликовано: 02 Июль 2026
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Cutting the energy we use to heat our homes and cook in them is key to reducing the UK's carbon emissions.

Lee Chambers from Active Building Centre, funded by the ISCF Transforming Construction, explains how building a net zero housing development can cost the exact same as a traditional one.

Barbara Hammond introduces us to Project LEO, funded by the ISCF Prospering from the Energy Revolution, which aims to unite all of Oxfordshire in its energy efficiency.

Finally Harry Keeling from Rolls-Royce discusses the potential to heat entire cities using what is effectively waste heat from nuclear reactors.
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