Question reference: S6W-20267
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 28 July 2023
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Current status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 25 August 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-16060 by Patrick Harvie on 11 April 2023, whether it has commissioned, or plans to commission, updated research on the efficiency of heat pumps in domestic homes, since the evidence review of August 2021.
Answer
The Scottish Government have commissioned Energy Systems Catapult to model six different archetypes of Scottish homes, comparing the operation of zero direct emission heating systems (including air source heat pumps and electric boilers) with gas boilers. This will provide information on the energy required to heat homes using these systems, and their running costs.
This research is still being finalised, and we plan to publish the work alongside a consultation, planned for later this year, on proposals that may be included in a Heat in Buildings Bill.