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Hospitality Industry: Waste Heat Recovery

Commons · Question 128791 · Tabled 21 Apr 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 29 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Gareth Snell

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the potential energy savings for the hospitality sector through the adoption of heat recovery systems.

Answer

Answered by Martin McCluskey, 29 Apr 2026

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) does not hold an estimation of heat recovery potential specific to the hospitality sector, though in 2014 the Department of Energy and Climate Change published research on the potential for recoverin...