Heat and Buildings Strategy

NAPIT’s Chief Operating Officer, David Cowburn, responds to the current energy crisis and the BEIS Select Committee report on the Decarbonisation of Heat in UK Homes. The direction of travel set out by the Government is clear, and there were always going to be challenges to face when committing to overhauling the way all homes […]

A new report by the not-for-profit body Energy and Utilities Alliance (EUA) finds customers are typically facing a five-fold cost increase to install a heat pump, compared to a hydrogen-ready boiler. Households can currently expect to pay up to £15,000 for transition to a heat pump depending on the property type, compared to less than £3,000 for a hydrogen-ready boiler. […]

Martyn Bridges, Director of Technical Communication and Product Management at Worcester Bosch, gives an overview of the key developments in the heating industry which we have seen over the course of 2021: Throughout the course of 2021, we have seen a number of regulatory change proposals as part of the road to net zero 2050. […]

Mike Foster, CEO of Energy and Utilities Alliance, gives his view on plans to “force” UK boiler manufacturers to make heat pumps: Hidden in the detail of the recently published Heat and Buildings Strategy, officials at the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) are plotting to force British heating appliance manufacturers to make […]

In his latest column, heating engineer Andy Gibbs looks at the Government’s Heat and Buildings Strategy, which promises £5,000 to encourage homeowners to install low carbon heating systems: Here we go again. The government has just announced a £450million scheme to grant £5k to anyone wanting a heat pump installed from next April. We’ve seen […]