Heat pumps are relatively scarce in the UK – but that could be about to change.
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The UK is next to last in Europe for heat pump sales – psychologists explain why take up is so low.
Existing decarbonisation measures are often unsuitable for the least efficient homes – failing to improve their performance will trap vulnerable people in fuel poverty.
Heat pumps use a fraction of the energy of traditional electric or gas heaters, which means they slash both energy costs and emissions.
Shared ground heat exchanges could provide low-carbon heating for up to 80% of homes in the UK, research suggests.
Heat pumps are the technology of choice for heating and cooling buildings more efficiently and with fewer carbon emissions than furnaces and air conditioning.
Heat pumps use electricity to transfer warmth from outside to inside a house.
Priority number one for the world’s leading nations in Marrakech ought to be taking carbon out of heat.
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Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
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Chancellor's Fellow in Sustainable Design, University of Strathclyde
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Lecturer in Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews
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Professor of Energy Policy, Member of Fuel Poverty Evidence and Trustee of the Fuel Poverty Research Network, Sheffield Hallam University
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Associate Professor in Environment, Energy and Resources, UCL
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Professor of Sustainability, University of Dayton
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Professor of Psychology, City, University of London
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Research Fellow, University of Leeds
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Associate Professor in Building Performance Simulation, UCL
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Honorary Research Fellow, City, University of London
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Associate Professor in Sustainable Development, Heriot-Watt University
