'Cost-effective': New study confirms heat pump efficiency in freezing temperatures

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New research by Oxford University and the Regulatory Assistance Project analyses how well heat pumps perform when temperatures drop below freezing

Heat pumps could be as much as two and three times more efficient than oil and gas-based fossil heating systems in cold and sub-zero temperatures making them suitable and cost-effective for the vast majority...

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