Design Buy Build interviews Nick Duggan on how to maximise energy-efficiency from your heat pump.

“Heat Pumps work at lower temperatures than conventional boilers and as a consequence they will heat a room to a lower temperature as well. Traditional radiators are designed for higher temperature systems and therefore may not work as effectively with a heat pump, leading to reduced heating efficiency. To compensate for this its likely that you will either need larger radiators or more energy efficient ones. Radiators designed for heat pumps are optimised to operate efficiently with the lower temperature output of the heat pump.”