 Overcoming barriers to heat pump adoption among able-to-pay householdsRuzanna Chitchyan Energy Policy, 2025, vol. 206, issue C Abstract: One of the major challenges in getting to a NetZero society by the year 2050 is the decarbonization of domestic heat. One avenue of decarbonization of domestic heat is the householders’ transition from gas boilers to heat pumps. However, at present, it seems the process of heat pump adoption has stalled in the UK and other Western economies. This study aims to identify the drivers and obstacles that the able-to-pay residents in one specific locality face as part of their road to transitioning towards heat pumps. For this, data was collected through a questionnaire and a focus groups study with the able-to-pay community. Findings from this study show that these residents experience significant barriers in accessing relevant technical and “common sense” information about the transition to heat pumps, its financing, maturity of the technology, and more. These challenges could be addressed through a set of outlined policy changes and recommendations (e.g., regarding the creation of value, provision of information and increasing trust in retrofitting practices for able-to-pay residents). Keywords: Heat pump installation; Decarbonization of domestic heat; Heat pump adoption; Drivers of heat pump adoption; Obstacles to heat pump adoption; Low carbon heating systems (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:enepol:v:206:y:2025:i:c:s0301421525001673 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114660 Access Statistics for this article Energy Policy is currently edited by N. France More articles in Energy Policy from Elsevier |
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