District heating — pilot results

Summary

The six-week pilot covered 412 households across two streets. Self-reported comfort stayed flat while metered gas use dropped 18.4% against the weather-corrected baseline.

Weekly gas use

Metered gas use per household, pilot vs baseline (sample data).

Response distribution

Response	Households	Share
Much more comfortable	41	10.0%
More comfortable	128	31.1%
Unchanged	219	53.2%
Less comfortable	24	5.8%

Caveats

Sample data, rendered to show the export — not a real pilot. Six weeks is short; the winter months will tell whether the saving holds.