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The British Gas Energy Trust has today called on the Prime Minister to adopt a bold, place-based plan to end fuel poverty, setting out five national priorities to improve living standards and deliver warm homes across Britain. In a letter to the Prime Minister, the Trust outlines how tackling fuel poverty can support the Government’s […]

Mitsubishi Electric has been recognised by UK air source heat pump installers as the country’s most trusted air source heat pump manufacturer, according to new independent market research conducted among senior decision-makers responsible for specifying and installing heat pump systems across the UK. The research, which surveyed 300 senior decision-makers from companies actively installing air […]

Steven Heath, Technical Director for Knauf Insulation, Northern Europe, looks at the likely objectives of the upcoming Warm Homes Plan. The Warm Homes Plan is promised in spring and the objectives can be guessed: home interventions that deliver warm, affordable-to-run homes; bills must not go up if moving a home to low-carbon heating (ideally, they […]

Thirty-nine businesses have been suspended from installing new insulation in people’s homes after ministers were alerted to reports of poor quality work. Routine checks carried out by TrustMark, the independent body which oversees tradespeople working in homes, have uncovered examples of substandard solid wall insulation fitted since 2022 under the Energy Company Obligation 4 and […]

Heat pump manufacturer Mitsubishi Electric has recorded a sharp increase in the overall number of heat pump enquiries throughout the three days of Ecobuild (4-6 March). “Interest in low carbon heating has been growing for a number of years but we were really pleased at the numbers coming to our stand,” explains John Kellett General […]