BEIS - Cost-Optimal Domestic Electrification (CODE)

Improvements in operating efficiencies of heat pumps make this form of electric heating particularly attractive as a way to reduce emissions from homes.

Decarbonised electricity offers the promise of very low or even zero-carbon heating for homes – without necessarily carrying out extensive deep retrofit work. This project shows that Great Britain’s homes can convert to electric heating at a cost far lower than the accepted wisdom. This can be achieved with no threat to comfort, and greenhouse gas emissions will fall very dramatically as a result.

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The UK Government has set a target of installing 600,000 heat pumps a year by 2028.

However, there are barriers to installing heat pumps in homes, and historically a major barrier has been the high cost of installing and operating electric heating in dwellings. This research and modelling were commissioned in order to identify cost-optimal ways to install electric heating and energy efficiency measures, and to examine how much flexibility in demand could be provided by homes using electric heating.

BEIS Research Paper 2021 can be found here.