Customer In Scotland, over 50% of energy consumed is used to heat and cool buildings and processes in homes, offices, hospitals, business and industry. So, in June 2015, Scottish Government’s Heat Policy Statement set out an approach for decarbonising its heat system and diversifying heat sources. It also aimed to reduce pressure on household energy bills and maximise the economic opportunities of the transition to a low carbon heat sector. Problem Geographic heat mapping was recognised as a powerful and informative tool to visualise opportunities, to assess heat demand and heat source or supply, and to determine how these could be connected in an efficient way to reduce the cost of heat supply and the carbon intensity of heat generation in Scotland. Combined with other spatial da

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