At Hestora, we believe in a data driven approach to decarbonisation. To solve a problem as large as the climate crisis, we have to look at the facts. The data shows that while we are making progress with cars and electricity generation, the way we heat our homes remains the biggest hurdle to reaching our Net Zero 2050 goals.
The energy footprint of a typical UK home is dominated by two things: heating and hot water. In fact, these two requirements account for over three quarters of the total energy used in our houses every day. When you scale that up to the national level, domestic heating alone is responsible for 21 percent of all UK emissions. You cannot reach Net Zero without addressing the boiler.
The UK has some of the oldest housing stock in Europe, with roughly 28 million homes currently standing. Most were engineered specifically for high temperature gas or oil systems. Data suggests that the cost and disruption of a full deep retrofit — including new insulation and larger radiators — is a major barrier for millions of homeowners. We designed Hestora to bypass this barrier, providing a high performance solution that works with the infrastructure we already have.
Transitioning to renewables like wind and solar creates a new challenge: intermittency. The wind does not always blow when we need to turn the heating on. By using Hestora as a distributed network of energy reservoirs, we can shift demand away from peak times. Our data driven charging algorithms allow homes to draw power when the grid is at its greenest and cheapest, reducing the need for fossil fuel backup plants and lowering bills for everyone.
Our mission is not just about selling a product; it is about moving the needle on national emissions. By replacing a single gas boiler with a Hestora thermal energy store, a household can immediately eliminate its direct fossil fuel usage. When multiplied across neighbourhoods, this represents a massive, measurable step toward a zero emission future. The data is clear: the time to break up with gas is now.