The race to net zero: Is the UK falling behind in research to other countries when it comes to sustainability in residential housing?

The provision of sustainable housing should factor in energy efficiency, the use of sustainable building methods and materials, and address the current associated barriers. This consideration triggered an ongoing study in UK which has so far conducted a bibliometric analysis of 275 papers using the VOSviewer software. The UK is less engaged in successful collaborations in comparison to other economically developed nations. The lesser use of innovation in the UK has been identified. Also, the uses of sustainable methods and materials in residential housing are not fully exploited for achieving energy efficiency. A future research direction emerging is the potential to study the combined impact of using innovative materials and methods to achieve greater energy efficiency in UK housing provision. Through technological innovations and the need to move from fossil fuels (for example, using heat pumps) a new approach can move the UK closer to achieving net-zero in housing provision and operations.