UK Heat Pump Resources

🏛️ UK Government schemes

• Apply for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) — official England/Wales £7,500 application page
• UK Heat and Buildings Strategy — DESNZ policy hub
• Improve the energy efficiency of your home — gov.uk navigator for all schemes
• Future Homes Standard — new-build heat pump default rules
• Find your EPC certificate — required for most grant applications

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Devolved nation schemes

• Home Energy Scotland — Scottish heat pump grant + interest-free loan
• Nest (Welsh Government) — Welsh fuel-poverty energy scheme
• NI Sustainable Energy Programme — Northern Ireland scheme
• Energy Saving Trust Scotland — independent Scottish advice

✅ MCS & certification

• MCS Certified — installer & product registry — the official source. Always verify here.
• Refcom — F-Gas company registry — verify refrigerant handling certification
• HIES Consumer Code — workmanship cover scheme
• RECC (Renewable Energy Consumer Code) — Trading Standards-approved
• QANW (Quality Assured National Warranties) — installer insolvency cover

📜 Regulator & standards

• Ofgem energy price cap — quarterly cap rates
• Ofgem BUS scheme rules — eligibility and process
• UK F-Gas Regulation collection — refrigerant rules
• Planning Portal — Permitted Development

🏛️ Heritage & planning

• Historic England — Heat Pumps in Listed Buildings (2024 guidance)
• Historic Environment Scotland — Scottish heritage
• Cadw — Welsh heritage
• Planning Portal — submit planning & LBC applications

🏢 Trade bodies & industry

• Heat Pump Federation (HPF) — UK industry body
• NAPIT — electrical & MCS certification
• NICEIC — electrical & MCS certification
• UK Green Building Council — sustainable building advocacy

🔬 Independent research & data

• Energy Saving Trust — Air Source Heat Pumps — independent guidance
• BRE Group — building science research
• Carbon Trust — carbon emissions factors
• DESNZ Electrification of Heat Demonstration Project — UK real-world heat pump data

🏭 Manufacturer technical pages

For technical specs, brochures, manuals. Not for purchasing — find an MCS-certified installer for any quote.

• Mitsubishi Electric UK — Ecodan
• Vaillant UK — aroTHERM Plus
• Daikin UK — Altherma 3
• Grant UK — Aerona 290
• Samsung UK — EHS
• LG UK — Therma V
• Worcester Bosch — Compress 7800i
• Panasonic UK — Aquarea
• Nibe UK — S2125

🔋 Storage (heat batteries)

• Sunamp — Thermino heat battery
• Tepeo — ZEB heat battery

⚡ Tariff providers (heat-pump-relevant)

• Octopus Cosy — heat-pump-targeted half-hourly tariff
• Octopus Intelligent Go — EV-and-heat-pump overnight tariff
• Octopus Agile — dynamic half-hourly
• EDF — heat pumps
• OVO Energy — heat pumps

📊 Smart meter resources

• Smart Energy GB — official smart meter campaign
• Citizens Advice — Smart Meters — consumer rights

⚠️ Complaints & dispute resolution

If you have a complaint about an MCS installer or product:

• Start with your installer's own complaints process
• Escalate to HIES, RECC or QANW (whichever covers your install)
• Energy Ombudsman — for tariff and supplier complaints
• Citizens Advice — independent help
• Trading Standards — local consumer protection

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