Triple glazed windows, 25+cm insulation, heat pump + heat recuperation, solar panels and you have a passive home. No need for gas which is a fire hazard.
But if you're building a new house, wouldn't you roll in district heating if readily available.
Agreed, patching district heating into an old house might be hard/expensive.
There is also risk for the future. What if there is some corruption and private entity would take over trying to squeeze money from the people cause it's a monopoly?
I think owned by the consumers.
Indeed local regulation for the lot of land I'm on stipulates that district heating must be the primary heat source.
This gives it some economies of scale, I'm guessing...
But I do wonder if geothermal power will come along to make district heating cheap and renewable.