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Heating and cooling needed in 2015 the half of final energy consumption in EU and is the biggest energy sector in EU 28. Often, the energy supply is provided by petroleum products and has to be transformed into low greenhouse gas supply according the agreements of the Paris follow-up-process. This article is based on the “heating oil fade-out study” commissioned by the Luxembourg Ministry of Energy and estimates for Luxemburg the possibilities and pathways of decreasing heating oil in private heating sector and its impact on local environment. Main questions are: To what extend wood heating solutions are overtaking the place from heating oil solutions? What are alternative possibilities? And what is the environment impact regarding to the fine dust emission in the heating energy transition? A bottom-up approach using heat mapping data examines four sample communities in Luxembourg. The analysis shows that wood pellets in spite of using heat pumps as primary heat supply solution are needed in large quantities for the heat oil fade out due to the recently and also in future still existing energetically low building standards and limited prospects of further expansion of the natural gas network. By using fine dust filters, an increase of fine dust could be avoided.