Samsung vs Mitsubishi vs Vaillant: What Havenwise Data Exposes
Heat pumps are meant to be boring. Not in the sense of unimportant, but in the way central heating has always worked best when it fades into the background. You...
Warm Homes Plan: £15bn Promised, but Homeowners Will Ask What’s Actually Different This Time
The government has unveiled what it calls the biggest home upgrade programme in British history, pledging £15 billion to help millions of households cut energy bills through insulation, heat pumps,...
A Single Voice for Heat Pumps, But Will It Finally Raise Industry Standards?
The UK’s fragmented heat pump trade body landscape has, at least on paper, come to an end. The Heat Pump Association, the Ground Source Heat Pump Association and the Heat...
The Myth of the MCS Performance Guarantee
As the editor of Renewable Heating Hub, I dedicate a significant portion of my time to engaging directly with heat pump installers, manufacturers and industry insiders across emails, DMs, consultations...
UK Heat Pump Complaints: Broken Redress Process
A detailed heat pump case exposes failed safeguards, weak oversight and unresolved homeowner complaints in UK energy schemes....
Heat Pump Trauma: When Systems Fail Homes
Heat pump failures leave homeowners cold, stressed and abandoned. Why MCS, standards and consumer protection are failing....
Are Heat Pumps Still Affordable When Electricity Prices Rise?
For a long time, heat pumps benefited from a kind of economic tailwind. Electricity was relatively cheap, gas was politically unstable and the narrative was simple: heat pumps are efficient,...
Eve Thermo Gen 5 Smart TRV
The Eve Thermo Gen 5 has arrived as one of the most refined smart radiator valves on the market, launching in late 2025 with a sleek redesign and cutting-edge features...
Global Energy Systems Thurso ASHP
A frustrated review of a faulty UK heat pump, repeated alarms, poor support and costly failures — a cautionary tale for buyers....
The Great British Heat Pump Owner Persona Survey: Let’s Build Our Archetype!
Happy New Year everyone! As we head into 2026, I thought it would be genuinely interesting (and fun) to find out who the “typical” British heat pump owner really is....
