The UK’s September mini heatwave may have come a little late this year, but there is still time to renew the usual debate about air conditioning – what impact it has on the climate, whether the ...

Tues 24 June: 14:30-14:45 | Wed 25 June: 11:30-11:45. Nesta’s nationwide ‘Visit a heat pump’ scheme has seen more than 900 hosts sign up to the platform with over 1800 visits having taken place across ...

How a green ratio of 2.5 to 1 would make a heat pump cheaper than a gas boiler over the same lifespan. The chart below takes an example home and demonstrates how the running cost of a heat pump ...

Most people live in homes that burn gas or other fossil fuels to provide heat and hot water. To reach net zero emissions by 2050, we have to switch to greener heating. Heat pumps, which run on ...

Toby worked with local governments to develop and pilot improvements to services that support young children and families. This report outlines the potential of AI tools in schools and colleges, and ...

At this very early stage in the responses to the pandemic, four narratives are taking shape, pointing us to quite different futures. These scenarios combine elements of continuity and discontinuity, ...

Richard is a fully qualified mechanical engineer and has a wealth of experience working with and testing innovative heating control technology and 21st-century boiler technology. This report ...

Tom joins Nesta as a senior policy advisor for the Rapid Insights Team. Head of Policy, Rapid Insights Team Lucy was the Head of Policy for Nesta and the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT), and led the ...

Patricia Lucas is a social researcher with a particular interest in child health inequalities and evidence for policy. She divides her time between independent work, leading rapid soci… Rosa Robinson ...

There is good evidence that loneliness causes worse mental health and wellbeing outcomes. The impact on mental health is potentially substantial, for example, people who report feeling lonely are 2.25 ...

The pandemic will change the world permanently and profoundly. Even if countries can control the spread of COVID-19 in the coming months, there will be vast political, economic, social, technological, ...

This report primarily uses data on heat pumps from EurObserv’er for the years between 2011 and 2021. The majority of the heat pumps in this dataset are air-to-air heat pumps, many of which are used ...