A heat pump captures heat from outside and moves it into your home. It uses electricity to do this, but the heat energy delivered to your home is much more than the electrical energy used to power the system.

Electricity is becoming increasingly low carbon, as more renewable sources are connected to the electricity grid, replacing existing gas and coal power stations. This makes a heat pump an extremely low carbon heating option, and increasingly so as our electricity grid further decarbonises.

Tens of thousands of heat pumps have already been installed across the UK and around 20 million have been installed across Europe. The UK Government expects that millions more will need to be installed in homes over the next 10-15 years to meet our net zero targets.