Are heat pumps worth it?

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A round-up of the latest self-build and home renovation news, products and events. By Jennifer Grimble

Whether you are building a new home or extending your current one, overheating should be taken seriously to ensure a comfortable indoor temperature on even the hottest of days

Opponents of air conditioning are usually against it out of a knee-jerk anti-consumerist attitude, says Sam Dumitriu. For them, “comfort can never come ahead of tackling climate change”. To quote one

Imagine its 2035. Every other car you see on the street is electric, millions of homes have heat pumps providing heat, large data centres the size of 10 football pitches are dotted across the country

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