Sustainable heating requires integral approach

In the Netherlands, large amounts of natural gas are used to heat houses and offices. This leads to a significant amount of greenhouse gas emissions. As such, developing sustainable heating alternatives is an important part of the Dutch energy and climate policy, to create a climate neutral energy supply in 2050. For most sustainable heating alternatives, the energy carrier of the heating system changes. As a consequence, the related energy infrastructure should be involved as well. In other words, decision makers need to think outside of the building's 'box'