Heat pump warning as EDF urges Brits to make crucial change before replacing boiler

Speaking at the opening of a new heat pump training centre by EDF, CB Heating and Daikin, Mr Commaret noted that in order to make UK households ready for heat pumps, the country will need “huge efforts in insulation”.

He said: “The reason for that is that basically, the heat pump is taking the heat of the air from outside of the house.

“In fact, what is very efficient about a heat pump is that for a certain amount of the heat that you need to heat your house, you just need a third of this energy to generate this heat thanks to heat pumps.

“Because the heat is coming from outside of the house, it doesn’t come from the energy that you use to make the heat pump work, which is very different from the gas boiler. In a gas boiler, you burn the gas, which generates the heat, so the efficiency is much much lower than the heat pump.”

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Article source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1701913/heat-pump-warning-edf-urges-insulation-boiler-replacement-crucial-step