Phasing out the installation of fossil fuel heating systems in businesses and public buildings off the gas grid

Achieving net zero will require almost all buildings in the UK to transition to low carbon heating by 2050. Around a third of commercial, industrial, and public buildings (“non-domestic buildings”’) off the gas grid currently have a fossil fuelled heating system in use for producing heating and hot water, making a significant contribution to their carbon emissions. The government committed in the Clean Growth Strategy [1] , published in 2017, to phase out the installation of these systems in new and existing businesses off the gas grid during the 2020s. This consultation sets out our proposed approach to deliver on that commitment by phasing out the installation of new oil, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and coal heating systems in non-domestic buildings off the gas grid. These fuels have a negative impact on our environment by emitting high levels of carbon and lowering the quality of our air. We propose to use the natural replacement cycle as the trigger