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Heat pumps work almost like magic\u2014delivering several times more heat energy than the electricity they require to run. Modern heat pumps are so efficient, they can even extract warmth from freezing temperatures, keeping buildings comfortable despite the cold outdoors.<\/p>\n

With many policymakers seriously exploring ways they can accelerate heat pump adoption, we thought now is the perfect time to offer some specific and useful guidance on designing effective approaches for realizing this goal. Our guest today is Dr. Richard Lowes, a specialist in heating technology and policy with the Regulatory Assistance Project in Europe. He also co-chairs the Clean Heat Forum international policy network. Richard has advocated for heating policy since earning his doctorate in the subject from the University of Exeter a decade ago, advising the Scottish government\u2019s heat decarbonization programme board, various UK parliamentary select committees, and serving in multiple roles within the UK government.<\/p>\n

In this episode, we discuss why the energy transition requires us to fix leaky buildings, tradeoffs between energy efficiency upgrades and simply swapping out old boilers for heat pumps, the best policies to encourage heat pump adoption, and the measures available in Europe to support all these efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Heat pumps are a low-cost way to decarbonize space heating. Dr. Richard Lowes explains how to design policies to encourage the adoption of heat pumps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[47,1251,195,483,377],"class_list":["post-4178","xen_episodes","type-xen_episodes","status-publish","hentry","category-energy-transition-show-podcasts","tag-district-heating","tag-heat-networks","tag-heat-pumps","tag-regulatory","tag-uk","xen_guests-richard-lowes"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n[Episode #243] \u2013 Decarbonizing Heating | The Energy Transition Show<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Heat pumps are a low-cost way to decarbonize space heating. 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