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University of Manchester : A - Chemical Engineering
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Article title
Domestic heat pumps: Life cycle environmental impacts and potential implications for the UK
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Energy
Article number
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Volume number
39
Issue number
1
First page of article
205
ISSN of journal
0360-5442
Year of publication
2012
URL
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Number of additional authors
1
Additional information
Government is promoting the uptake of heat pumps through significant financial incentives to reduce carbon emissions. This paper reveals for the first time that this Government policy is misguided and needs to be changed as heat pumps have little potential to help meet UK carbon reduction targets. This is significant given the importance of both the UK Energy Policy and the Climate Change Act which binds the UK legally to reduce the carbon emissions by 80% by 2050. It is also significant as it demonstrates the importance of science-led policy. DECC have been in touch to discuss this further.
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