About the Heat Decarbonisation category

This sub-category is for sharing strategies, projects, and case studies on reducing the carbon impact of heating in research environments. Topics may include:

  • Heat pumps (air, ground, and water source)

  • District heating and shared energy systems

  • Electrification of heating and phase-out of gas

  • Heat recovery from labs, equipment, and data centres

  • Policy, funding, and business cases for heat decarbonisation

This complements Renewable Energy & Efficiency (estate-wide energy) and Facilities Optimisation (smart systems). Here the emphasis is on decarbonising heat as a core part of net zero pathways.