Heat pumps

The Warm Homes Plan is set to invest close to £15 billion in improving the UK’s homes to cut energy bills.

For people on low incomes, there’ll be fully funded government support to install heat pumps.

There’ll also be low and zero-interest loans available for homeowners regardless of income.

We’ll update this guide when we know more.

For more information, read our blog on what the Warm Homes Plan means for you.

It’s a low carbon heating system that takes heat from the outside environment and raises the temperature to use in your central heating system. 

It uses electricity to do this. But for every unit of electricity it uses, it produces three units of heat. This makes them a very efficient alternative to a gas or oil boiler for heating your home. 

They also produce much fewer CO₂ emissions than other heating systems. 

As fossil fuel boilers are slowly being phased out, heat pumps will become more common in the UK. And at the moment, there are financial incentives for people who adopt the technology early. 

If you already own a heat pump, check out our guide to making it run more efficiently.

Read our in-depth heat pump guide to find out: 

• how they work 
• how much they usually cost to install and run 
• what type might be right for you 

If you’re moving into a house that already has a heat pump, our guide to inheriting a heat pump can help show you what to look out for.

If you want to know more about what it’s like to own one, read our stories: 

The support you can get depends on where in the UK you live:

For more information, read our heat pump installation step-by-step guide.

The services available to you depend on where you live:

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