The UK government sees heat pumps as a key low carbon energy technology, to help us all grapple with the challenges of climate change and rising energy bills. Heat pumps are one of the best ways to move away from fossil fuels and decarbonise heat in our homes. As always, the fabric of the building should be the first priority in reducing energy use, and then other measures such as a correctly sized heat pump that is based on room by room thermal demand calculations.
Coombs’ Managing Director recently joined Energiesprong, other retrofit contractors and landlord clients on a study trip to the Netherlands, where the Government is leading a plan to deploy up to 2 million hybrid heat pumps by 2030. The programme is supported by a subsidy scheme by the government that will enable the installation of at least 100,000 heat pumps per year from 2024. Off-site processes (part of the Energiesprong model) can achieve higher quality and better performance at a lower investment than today’s, traditional, labour intensive construction practices.
The images below show a recent Energiesprong scheme in the Netherlands.
