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Keep up to dateBy Tom Lowe2021-08-09T05:00:00
Group’s chief says green heating systems are ‘fraught with difficulties’
Replacing gas boilers with heat pumps will not work because they are too large, noisy and do not produce enough heat, the chief executive of the Federation of Master Builders has said.
Heat pumps are expected to be a core part of the government’s plan to decarbonise buildings, but Brian Berry said that they “won’t deliver given the current technology”.
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