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Energy: Housing

Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN 6665, tabled on 23 May 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of energy used by hot water in a three bedroom semi-detached home with cavity wall insultation in the UK.

Answered on

26 May 2022

Around 20% of annual heating energy is used by hot water in an average three-bedroom semi-detached home with cavity wall insultation. This estimate is based on model outputs for Great Britain from the National Household Model.

Answered by

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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