Working together towards natural gas-free living

Step by step, we will phase out natural gas in the coming years until 2050. This means that we will heat our homes and buildings in a different way. We are working this out in the heating program. This will be the plan we use to phase out natural gas step by step. We will update this plan every five years.  

Sustainable house

We understand that this has a significant impact on how you heat your home or business and that you need to make your home or business premises suitable for this. That is why we would like to know what you think, what you have already done in your home in terms of insulation or a heat pump, for example, and what you need from the municipality in order to take steps. We can use your input when writing the heating program. 

The survey can be completed completely anonymously and is open until March 11.

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