Many homeowners could save money on their heating bills by installing heat pumps – but not everyone, and not everywhere.
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The Earth’s own heat can be brought up from underground and used as a source of energy that emits almost no greenhouse gases and can operate 24/7 almost anywhere on the planet.
The public is largely open to moving away from fossil fuel use for residential heating and hot water.
Heat pumps are relatively scarce in the UK – but that could be about to change.
Shared ground heat exchanges could provide low-carbon heating for up to 80% of homes in the UK, research suggests.
UK law currently regards heat as a physical characteristic, rather than a useful resource.
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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