diff --git a/backend/app/assumptions.py b/backend/app/assumptions.py
index 924bd2a0..bc8f9cc6 100644
--- a/backend/app/assumptions.py
+++ b/backend/app/assumptions.py
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ DESCRIPTIONS_TO_FUEL_TYPES = {
     "Air source heat pump, Systems with radiators, electric": {"fuel": "Electricity",
                                                                "cop": AVERAGE_ASHP_EFFICIENCY / 100},
     "Ground source heat pump, underfloor, electric": {"fuel": "Electricity", "cop": AVERAGE_ASHP_EFFICIENCY / 100},
+    "Electric ceiling heating": {"fuel": "Electricity", "cop": 1},
 }
 
 # These are the measure types where if there is a ventilation recommendation, we force the inclusion of it
diff --git a/recommendations/Recommendations.py b/recommendations/Recommendations.py
index bcb697fc..20f0c760 100644
--- a/recommendations/Recommendations.py
+++ b/recommendations/Recommendations.py
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ class Recommendations:
                 "hotwater_cop": 0.9
             }
 
-        mapped = descriptions_to_fuel_types.get(heating_description, None)
+        mapped = descriptions_to_fuel_types.get(heating_description.strip(), None)
         if mapped is None:
             # TODO: This is a non-ideal placeholder but we put something in place for a process that falls over
             #       fairly regularly. A task has been added to planner to refactor this
@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ class Recommendations:
                 "heating_cop": mapped["cop"], "hotwater_cop": 1
             }
 
-        mapped_hotwater = descriptions_to_fuel_types.get(hotwater_description)
+        mapped_hotwater = descriptions_to_fuel_types.get(hotwater_description.strip())
         if mapped_hotwater is None:
             # TODO: This is a non-ideal placeholder but we put something in place for a process that falls over
             #       fairly regularly. A task has been added to planner to refactor this