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Heat pumps operate by utilising a compressor and a circulating mechanism of liquid or gas refrigerant to move heat from one location to another. This process involves extracting heat from external sources and transferring it to a home. The typical heat pump comes in two flavours: the air source heat pump, which absorbs heat from the air, and the ground source heat pump, which absorbs heat from the ground.

As the need for replacing fossil fuel heating systems increases, the British government is actively influencing homeowners to switch to more effective and environmentally-friendly heating systems to reach the Net Zero targets by 2050. To reach those goals, not only is the International Energy Agency accentuating that no new gas boilers should be sold and installed before 2025, but the government is also taking matters into their own hands by making heat pumps - which demand far less electricity as opposed to electric boilers, and can reach much higher efficiency rates - more attractive. One of the most widely known methods to increase the heat pump’s attractiveness is the Boiler Upgrade Scheme, a government grant that can cover some of the costs of replacing fossil fuel heating systems with a heat pump or biomass boiler.