Government to Review Heat Pumps After Noise Concerns

Government to Review Heat Pumps After Noise Concerns
Undated photo of a heat pump. Octopus Energy/Handout via PA
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The government will oversee a review to address if the widespread adoption of heat pumps might result in excessive noise burdens if many of them are fitted in residential areas.

Talking at the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee last Tuesday, Rebecca Pow, minister for environmental quality and resilience, said The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [Defra] raised the issue of noisy heat pumps with the Department for Business and Trade.
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