within 15 years. from next april, households in england and wales will be offered grants of £5,000 to install air source heat pumps or other green heating. £a50 million will be spent on the boiler upgraded scheme which will run for three years. around 20% of uk emissions are from heating buildings, according to official figures, so there is pressure on this heat and buildings strategy to deliver effective reductions. critics say the scheme is unambitious as the grants amount to just 90,000 replaced boilers. 0urfirst report this morning comes from our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith. it came down there, into that corner. there is a secret lying under richard s garden. the heat for his home is absorbed via an underground network of pipes. it comes in through a ground source pump. so, this is where the actual hardware is located.
boilers. ministers have announced cash incentives to encourage the switch to greener forms of home heating. £450 million will be spent on the boiler upgrade scheme, which will run for three years. but critics say the scheme is unambitious as the grants amount tojust 90,000 replaced boilers. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has more details on this. it came down there, into that corner. there is a secret lying under richard s garden. the heat for his home is absorbed by an underground network of pipes. it comes in through a ground source pump. so, this is where the actual hardware is located. richard swapped his gas guzzling system seven years ago, and he hasn t looked back. i can safely say it s been the best thing we ever did. i mean, the house is constantly at a pleasant temperature. it s not boiling hot, but it s very livable. and the economics of it are just fantastic. we paid 15,000 for the ground source and then 5000 for some solar thermal
panels for the roof, which supply the hot water. to make a ground source pump work you need a massive garden, which is a pipe dream for most of us. the other type of heat pump works by compressing heat from the air. it s cheaper to install and smaller, but most homes will still need loads of insulation first. then we ll go through and see some of the equipment we ve got set up. david spends his time researching heating efficiency and says although the money sounds like a lot, it won t go far. what we are being left with is a gamble on the future, that these things are going to be cheaper and that the industry are going to be more ready to install them, and, crucially, that people are going to want them. do you think this is going to be enough to convince people with gas boilers to make the switch? perhaps not yet. one of the problem is that they re going to face here is getting that connection with people and householders, to make sure the policy actually works and it s something peopl
it comes in through a ground source pump. so, this is where the actual hardware is located. richard swapped his gas guzzling system seven years ago, and he hasn t looked back. i can safely say it s been the best thing we ever did. i mean, the house is constantly at a pleasant temperature. it s not boiling hot, but it s very livable. and the economics of it are just fantastic. we paid 15,000 for the ground source and then 5000 for some solar thermal panels for the roof, which supply the hot water. to make a ground source pump work you need a massive garden, which is a pipe dream for most of us. the other type of heat pump works by compressing heat from the air. it s cheaper to install and smaller, but most homes will still need loads of insulation first. then we ll go through and see some of the equipment we ve got set up. david spends his time researching heating efficiency and says although the money sounds like a lot, it won t go far. what we are being left with is a gamble on the fu
there is a secret lying under richard s garden. the heat for his home is absorbed by an underground network of pipes. it comes in through a ground source pump. so, this is where the actual hardware is located. richard swapped his gas guzzling system seven years ago, i mean, the house is constantly at a pleasant temperature. it s not boiling hot, but it s very livable. and the economics of it are just fantastic. we paid 15,000 for the ground source and then 5000 for some solar thermal panels for the roof, which supply the hot water. to make a ground source pump work you need a massive garden, which is a pipe dream for most of us. the other type of heat pump works by compressing heat from the air. it s cheaper to install and smaller, but most homes will still need loads of insulation first. then we ll go through and see some of the equipment we ve got set up. david spends his time researching heating efficiency and says although the money sounds like a lot, it won t go far. what we are b