Heat pumps are currently the frontrunner to replace gas boilers over the coming decades as the country moves towards net zero ...

Households will be able to get £2,500 off the cost of heat pumps that also provide air conditioning in a shake-up of a ...

The Scottish government has dropped legislation for greener heating systems in homes and businesses for the second time this ...

Heat pumps are energy-efficient, low-carbon heating systems that use electricity to move heat from a source like outside air ...

Millions of homes may have to be fitted with a heat pump and a boiler under Ed Miliband’s bid to decarbonise the UK. The Energy Secretary’s department has unveiled plans to establish “alternative ...

Since the introduction of green building rules in Ireland, almost all of the country’s newly built homes now feature ...

Environmental campaigners said the Government risked sending 'mixed signals' to consumers after reports the Chancellor is considering cutting back the existing boiler upgrade scheme ...

Màiri McAllan has announced a major climbdown on the Scottish Government plans to introduce legislation which would require ...

The UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) has advised the government to ensure half of all homes in the UK have heat pumps — electric replacements for gas boilers — by 2040 as part of its Seventh Carbon ...

The UK is ramping up support for electric heat pumps, a key technology to cut the country’s dependence on natural gas to keep homes warm during winter. A package of measures announced by the ...

Nesta, a UK-based charity supporting innovation, commissioned a large-scale survey on heat pump users in England, Scotland, and Wales in December 2022. It surveyed more than 2,500 residential heat ...

The UK should focus on expanding heat pumps and rule out using hydrogen to warm homes as it drives toward net-zero emissions, the government’s top infrastructure advisers say. The recommendations in a ...