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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Clea Skopeliti

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Greener cheaper much warmer heat pump owners laud their new system - Caught on Camera

An air source heat pump
Air source heat pumps are proving a hit with customers, a Nesta thinktank report says. Photograph: KBImages/Alamy

Gillian Woodward, 50, says her house has been “completely transformed for the better” by installing an air source heat pump. Woodward, a community nurse in north Wales, was “astounded” to discover that she was eligible for a government-backed means-tested grant that covered the whole cost of insulating and installing a heat pump in her home.

“A lot of my friends have said they’re not sure about heat pumps,” says Woodward. “But the technology has improved a lot and satisfaction levels, even in old homes, are high. I thought it was worth the risk.”

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