How much insulation do you need to fit a heat pump?

With large scale installation of domestic heat pumps identified as a key technology to support UK decarbonisation targets, there is increasing discussion about how to install them in a way that maximises their efficiency and performance.

Lower home heating demand means a smaller heat pump is required, but does the typical home need to be a super insulated Passivhaus or can we get away without improving a house at all? Opinions differ!

In this best practice webinar, we will hear from three experts in the field to get different views on the subject and attempt to answer the question: How much insulation do you need to install a heat pump?

Marianne Heaslip is a retrofit architect and technical lead at People Powered Retrofit, Leah Robson co-owner of heat pump installers Your Energy Your Way, and Matt Fawcett is Energy Systems lead at Carbon Co-op and project manager of the Heat Pump Challenge and will discuss heat pump performance monitoring and evaluation approaches.

The presentations will be followed by an opportunity for Q&A.

This webinar is suitable for practitioners, installers, engineers, architects, policy makers, Community Energy groups and householders with high levels of technical knowledge. The session will be recorded and made available after the event.

It is part of Carbon Co-op’s Heat Pump Challenge project funded by MCS Charitable Foundation and Electricity North West Powering our Communities Fund .

Organised in collaboration with People Powered Retrofit.