The £2 billion potential of district heating systems for the Lothians

New study maps benefits of 30 local ‘heat zones’ from Leith to Longniddry

Rolling out zero-carbon district heating and home retrofits across Edinburgh, Midlothian and East Lothian could yield health and environmental benefits worth £2.1 billion over the next 25 years.

In a new report published today, researchers at Edinburgh Climate Change Institute (ECCI), part of the University of Edinburgh, modelled the social gains from co…