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ew research by Samsung reveals that events on the world stage and greater
knowledge about low carbon heating solutions means 70% of heating industry professionals think heat pumps could become commonplace in British homes as early as 2025 to 2030.
Samsung has released the results of a study which revealed that the UK might be nearing a tipping point on attitudes towards low carbon heating solutions such as heat pumps. 78% of heating industry professionals said demand for heat pumps had seven out of ten professionals now seeing heat pumps as a more viable solution versus a few years ago. Partly driven by events on the
heating industry professionals say global issues were driving demand for technologies like heat pumps. This attitudinal shift is driving an even and awareness about the ways heat pumps can help the UK deliver on its ambition to decarbonise homes and cut emissions by 2035.1 Having consulted 200 heating
on their changing attitudes to Samsung’s research also revealed
that despite this buoyancy in demand important consideration for their customers when installing a heating 23% of current heating industry professionals are already fully trained to be an air source heat pump are not considering training at all. the skills gap in low carbon and of understanding about the future they are waiting for more accessible training and education to support reality. Samsung Climate Solutions shows that there are real concerns in the heating industry about the lack of suitable training options available in low carbon tech. That’s overhauled our training curriculum to encourage installers to upskill. committed to providing a suite of
installers.” Beyond boosting skills in low
that the industry is craving wider support from government on decarbonising homes to help the UK reach its net zero ambition. Around think that the government could be grants and awareness to support the switch to air source heat pumps. This is especially important as price point was cited as the most important consideration for the customer by 78% of respondents. In addition to further government
should be more support from the industry and manufacturers to help respondents say making changes to radiators or household heat emitters is the number one consumer barrier also highlight concerns about the reliability of the technology at low clear need for manufacturers to step up consumer education about the tested.
Despite progress in heat pump technology giving heating industry
professionals broader options when remains as 58% are unclear about the ‘roadmap for change’ towards remaining a sticking point.
manager at Samsung Climate within the heating industry since development and installation of heat pumps. He commented: “The government Future Homes Standard ruling out fossil fuel heating in all new build developments. This is a major milestone for our housing of heating industry professionals say demand for heat pumps had There’s never been a better time for installers to work with architects and developers to incorporate low carbon heating solutions into property designs.”
At this critical junction in the
research has taken the pulse of the professionals in the heating industry who will be on the frontline of changing the way we heat our homes. Samsung is dedicated to realising a more sustainable future.
Thermofrost 8 January 2023 •
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