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...were aware of the vital need to decarbonise their heating, but had found the cost of achieving an effective heat pump installation in their older properties prohibitive. Mitchell & Webber...
...Ireland, explains how an industry group, The Alliance for Zero Carbon Heating (TAZCH) is influencing government policy on the decarbonisation of the home heating sector in Ireland. While climate-related issues...
...government’s policy seems to be encouraging moving rural households and businesses – currently using oil heating – to electrically driven heat pumps to cut carbon emissions, reports Guy. “We’re concerned...
...construction) I’ve seen cleaner fuels and heating technologies make some seismic advancements. During my tenure at Nutherm (the distributor for German heat pump manufacturer Waterkotte across the UK and Ireland)...
...to decarbonise their heating. “The Government must recognise that a heat pump-first approach removes choice and adds cost and will particularly leave rural communities disadvantaged. Decarbonisation can be achieved more...
...whilst paying out £7,500 for new heat pump installations. Focus on heat pumps Moving beyond government, we’re seeing time and time again how this focus on heat pumps will put...
...solar and heat pumps. The census shows that the number of oil-heated homes has dropped 3% since the last census. It is likely that many oil-heated homes are in the...
...our long-standing customers faced an issue with limited pump flow rates from a competitor’s system. Our technical design team evaluated the specific requirements and developed a completely new pump tailored...
...the customers have considered acquiring a heat pump or other low carbon heating solution, Claudia asked them for their thoughts: Elspeth: “We would certainly be interested in having a heat...
...heating options for off-gas grid properties that are not suitable for heat pumps by issuing a consultation, in line with commitments the Government has made during Parliamentary debates on the...
...or so years. The Government, through its ‘Heat and Buildings’ strategy, published in 2021, signalled its clear preference for heat pumps as the principal energy source for space heating, but...
...to install heat pumps. Furthermore, 97% of oil heated homes in Great Britain are in the lowest EPC bands D-G, and rural consumers have less disposable income and endure greater...
...heating sectors – for example a massive heat pump trial is underway – so given the comparatively modest funding we will be looking for, there’s every reason to be hopeful....
...decarbonising home heating and forcing a single option on consumers could risk alienating them. Home heating accounts for 14% of all UK emissions. Household emissions from heating and hot water...
...to the Government’s current ‘heat pump first strategy’ under which off-grid homes will be banned from buying replacement boilers from 2026, instead expected to install air source or ground source...
...for urgent clarification of Government policy surrounding fossil fuel boilers, heat pump installation and decarbonisation of home heating. ‘Nobody’s going to be forced to ditch their boiler’ In the newspaper...
...by the AECOM engineering company showed that biofuels in home heating could achieve similar emission reductions to retrofitting and heat pump install, quickly and at a much lower cost. The...
...All of these improvements will increase energy efficiency, create carbon efficiency and reduce bills. Carbon reduction without retrofitting “The continued focus on electrification of heat using heat pumps for those...
