Lewis Hubbard Posted Monday at 11:08 Share Posted Monday at 11:08 I’m Lewis, a 3rd year Environmental Sciences student at the University of East Anglia. I’m conducting a short survey as part of my final year project which is looking at how the adoption of low carbon heating systems like heat pumps is impacted by different kinds of social relation. The survey is completely anonymous and will take just 5 minutes of your time. Respondents must be over 18 and currently living in the UK. Your input will be extremely valuable whether you’re familiar with the subject or not. To complete the survey please follow this link: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=lYdfxj26UUOKBwhl5djwkJnQbzp5NitHoYPqpD7EGBlUQ1lJWENHTDhXNlpYTU5JVThIOUlOS0FBNy4u Thank you for your time and support – it is much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparrowhawk Posted Monday at 12:04 Share Posted Monday at 12:04 Hi @Lewis Hubbard! Just checking - the survey says "heat pumps within East Anglia" - you're happy for people living outside EA to fill it in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Laslett Posted Monday at 12:15 Share Posted Monday at 12:15 Completed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilT Posted Monday at 12:27 Share Posted Monday at 12:27 Me too. Q4 to Q6 not entirely logical so for q4 I already have a heat pump but for q5 have guessed option 4 with reason: replacement of existing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpener Posted Monday at 14:12 Share Posted Monday at 14:12 Completed. Would have been good if there had been an option for BuildHub or similar fora. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Hubbard Posted 14 hours ago Author Share Posted 14 hours ago @Sparrowhawk yes please, I have changed it to UK now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ectoplasmosis Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago Done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miike Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago I'm not sure how many conclusions you can make from this survey for social relations impacting the adoption of heat pumps as the questions are quite limited. For me it was 100% financial, and I was only interested after the £7.5k grant was introduced - the previous one at £5k wasn't worth it for me, and the £7.5k only really puts the ASHP on equal ground with a gas boiler. Without the grant, I think interest in heat pumps would drop to basically 0 until the price comes way down, regardless of how much friends/family recommend them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G and J Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago Survey done. I find the whole attitude to ASHPs fascinating as we talk to different peeps re our plans. I know my new neighbours would much prefer us to keep gas. Ho humm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago 6 minutes ago, G and J said: I find the whole attitude to ASHPs fascinating as we talk to different peeps re our plans. I know my new neighbours would much prefer us to keep gas. Ho humm. People often criticise ASHP's for being "noisiy" I am visiting relatives and they have a gas boiler on the landing of all places right outside our bedroom door. When that fires up in the morning it is like a jet plane on the landing getting ready for take off. How on earth do people put up with something so noisy INSIDE their house, when instead they could have something so much quieter to produce their heat, and what little noise it makes is OUTSIDE their house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G and J Posted 1 hour ago Share Posted 1 hour ago Because they ‘know’ heat pumps are worse because aunty Enid’s friends neighbour’s son in law lived in a council house with a huge noisy heat pump dumped right outside their bedroom window which ran 24-7 but the house was still cold with luke warm rads and a electric bill they couldn’t pay.* (*A fictitious account based on real life early ASHP installations in social houses that I’ve seen first hand). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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