In Gelderland’s housing stock, the share of heat supplied by heat networks could rise from 5% to 37%, sharply expanding how many homes are warmed this way.
That jump changes the infrastructure question rather than a single building’s efficiency. Moving from 5% to 37% implies collective heat systems reaching a large part of the housing stock, which reshapes planning around heat sources, pipe networks and connection decisions street by street. For Gelderland, the scale of the shift gives municipalities reason to coordinate heat-network roll-out with new construction and renovation, so that the higher share is reachable rather than theoretical. The gap between 5% and 37% also marks how much of the transition still depends on choices not yet made. Source: Klimaatkansenkaart Gelderland (bundel, maart 2024).