Historic Variations in Winter Indoor Domestic Temperatures and Potential Implications for Body Weight Gain.

In a recent publication by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), “2050 Pathways Analysis” [ 56 ], two out of four future scenarios of space heating demand in the United Kingdom included an increase in household demand temperatures within the range of +0.5°C and +1.5°C by the 2050s, compared to the rather low baseline modelled winter average of 17.5°C in 2007 provided by the Domestic Energy Fact File [ 6 ]. But there is also a significant trend towards heating the whole house due to the penetration of central heating and current projections estimate that by 2050, air-conditioning will be installed in half of all homes in England and Wales [ 6 ].

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