Question follow-through · 9185
Heating: Non-ionizing Radiation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the cost-effectiveness of using infrared heating to meet upcoming energy efficiency regulations.
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- Answering body
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Tabled
- 15 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 17 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 23 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 · 1 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
15 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the cost-effectiveness of using infrared heating to meet upcoming energy efficiency regulations.
17 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Oct 2024
Answer published
Infrared heating is a promising technology, which when used with room-by-room control systems, could reduce electricity use relative to a direct electric heating system. However, previous Government research, such as the Cost Optimal Domestic Electrificat...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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