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110 2 _aThe Royal Academy of Engineering
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245 0 0 _aHeat
_bdegrees of comfort, options for heating homes in a low carbon economy
_h[electronic resource]
260 _aLondon
_bRAE
_c2012
520 _aGovernment needs to accelerate its efforts to reduce reliance on gas boilers and dramatically improve the energy efficiency of buildings in order to meet its 2050 emission targets of an 80% cut compared to 1990 levels. Recommends nationwide programmes to install biomass, district heating, and solar thermal systems and concludes that many heat pumps fail to deliver promised carbon savings in practice.
590 _aKA NTK
651 4 _aUnited Kingdom
_y
690 _aEnergy
_96237
690 _aSustainability
_96271
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.raeng.org.uk/news/publications/list/reports/RAE_Heat_Booklet.pdf
_zView the report free of charge at www.raeng.org.uk
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