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Paul Wheelhouse

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Gender Male
Age 53
Date of birth June 22,1970
Zodiac sign Cancer
Born Belfast
United Kingdom
Party Scottish National Party
Job Politician
Education University of Aberdeen
The University of Edinburgh
First minist Nicola Sturgeon
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Paul Richard William Wheelhouse is a former Scottish National Party politician who served as Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands from 2018 to 2021.

New rules for low-carbon heating in Scots houses

Feb 16,2020 12:40 am

introduce New rules to ensure that all new homes built in Scotland use of renewable and low-carbon heating.

The legislation, introduced by the Scottish government from 2024, is part of plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Renewable and low-carbon systems will also be a live step-by-step to the new, non-buildings by the year 2024 is.

Low-carbon heating is often used to refer to systems that boilers with heat pumps and other alternatives to gas.

The Project is a £30m Investment in renewable heat projects in parallel.

energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse said The Change was part of Scotland's plans to combat Climate Change and achieve a "net-zero" emissions by the year 2045.

To achieve net-zero Emission of greenhouse gases such as CO2 avoided or compensated for by initiatives such as planting trees that can absorb CO2 from the Atmosphere .

Low-carbon heating is often used to control pumps or alternatives to gas in terms of thermal boilers

Mr wheelhouse added: "It is increasingly clear that the pace of reduction in the carbon emissions of Scotland-domestic and non-residential buildings has increased significantly, to the achievement of these objectives, the emissions covered by our buildings is close to zero.

"We will ensure that new houses and buildings in Scotland, The Challenge of the climate emergency, the combination of the measures that we need to address Climate Change is our ambition, affordable, warm homes. "

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scottish government, renewable energy, climate change

Source of news: bbc.com

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