Green minister Patrick Harvie is championing plans to cut emissions from heating homes but will it provoke a backlash?
The Scottish government is launching a consultation on plans to downgrade the energy efficiency ratings of homes with gas boilers.
But others question their suitability for many Scottish properties, and warn that homeowners could be landed with huge costs.The Scottish government estimates about 20% of Scotland's carbon emissions come from heating buildings. The government has also pledged that all homes will meet band C in energy performance certificate standards by 2032.The Scottish Conservatives said Mr Harvie's plans would be "deeply concerning" for homeowners with gas boilers.
But currently fewer than 50,000 heat pumps are fitted in British homes annually and the UK is bottom of the heat pump installation league table in Europe.from 2021 only about 11% of households - approximately 278,000 - have a renewable or very low emissions heating systems, such as a heat pump, biomass boiler or electric storage heating.
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