HEAT PUMP Definition & Meaning

heat pump

noun

a device that uses a compressible refrigerant to transfer heat from one body, as the ground, air, or water, to another body, as a building, with the process being reversible.

heat pump

noun

a device, as used in a refrigerator, for extracting heat from a source and delivering it elsewhere at a much higher temperature

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Origin of heat pump¹

First recorded in 1890–95

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The legislation would have required them to be replaced with alternatives, such as electric heat pumps, within a set time frame after the sale of a property.

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With home heating accounting for 14% of the UK's carbon emissions, switching households from gas boilers to heat pumps is a key part of the government's climate pledges.

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The CCC is backing heat pumps as the main replacement for gas boilers and rules out using hydrogen.

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Four in five cars should be electric and half of homes should have heat pumps within 15 years, say the government's independent climate advisers.

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These include reducing schools' carbon footprint and lowering energy costs by improving insulation and ventilation as well as installing energy-efficient lighting and air-source heat pumps.

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