Bean Beanland argued that electricity-powered heat pumps are the most viable low carbon heat solution for new homes or retro-fits today, while widescale conversion of the gas grid to hydrogen is at least ten to 15 years away.
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The company has now deployed more than half of the hybrid heating systems which will be installed in 75 homes in Bridgend as part of the £5.2 million innovation scheme.
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The trial was run as part of the Living Lab project, coordinated by the Energy Systems Catapult, where 100 homes spread across Newcastle, Manchester, the West Midlands, Gloucestershire and Bridgend in Wales were fitted with “smart heating systems”.
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The report describes how wide-scale deployment of heat pumps in the UK will require three key factors:
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In a new report ‘UK housing: Fit for the future?‘ the CCC warns that the UK’s legally-binding climate change targets will not be met without the near-complete elimination of greenhouse gas emissions from UK buildings. The report finds that emissions reductions from the UK’s 29 million homes have stalled, while energy use in homes – which accounts for 14% of total UK emissions – increased between 2016 and 2017.
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