Got a question about heat pumps? Never heard about it previously?
In this episode, my guest Tom Gosling will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about heat pumps. To start with, heat pumps is a solution to reduce carbon emissions related to heating. As you may know, heating relies mostly on gas and sometimes on coal. Heat pumps use electricity but much more efficiently than electric heating and thus much cheaper.
Tom will unveil some myths about heat pumps and will explain that heat pumps work well in cold winters too! Heat pumps can be used for heating as the name suggests but also for cooling. What a nice feature during our burning summers, isn’t it?
There are barriers on the spread of heat pumps, and Tom will discuss at length policy implications to make heat pumps more affordable and installation speed up to the required level to address climate change.
Tom Gosling is a seasoned board adviser with 20+ years of experience in corporate governance and responsible business, including 15 years as a Partner at PwC. In 2020, Tom decided to pursue a portfolio career. Now he is an Executive Fellow at London Business School and the European Corporate Governance Institute. He works on issues related to corporate governance, responsible business, and sustainable investing. In 2019, Tom started took a pledge to reduce carbon footprint of his family by half in ten years. He shares his journey on his website which I highly recommend to visit for more details and inspiration.
You can listen to the previous episode (#20) with Tom on middle class approach to decarbonisation.
Tom’s blog about his experience to install a heat pump
https://www.tom-gosling.com/blog/this-has-to-get-easier
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