Heat pumps: A vital companion to energy transition and building decarbonization

Dr. Richard Lowes of the Regulatory Assistance Project shares why heat pumps are an essential clean heating solution and how he collaborates with CLASP and GBPN to help governments design policy to transition off fossil gas heating.
UK Parliament trusts RAP on heat pumps

RAP plays pivotal role in development of landmark UK government report identifying a roadmap for effectively and efficiently decarbonizing home heating.
Business as usual? Heating and cooling in the EU’s updated Renewable Energy Directive

The new EU Renewable Energy Directive fails to fully value electrification technologies, but Member States can still incentivize efficient heating systems over inefficient combustion.
From laggard to leader: How the UK can capitalise on the heat pump opportunity

By Richard Lowes, Senior Associate, RAP The urgent tone of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s sixth assessment report, published on the ninth of August this year, shows the clear and stark need for immediate and rapid greenhouse gas emission reductions. Globally, across the EU and in the UK, heat pumps are seen as a vital technology to remove […]