The government will oversee a review to address if the widespread adoption of heat pumps might result in excessive noise burdens if many of them are fitted in residential areas.
Talking at the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee last Tuesday, Rebecca Pow, minister for environmental quality and resilience, said The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [Defra] raised the issue of noisy heat pumps with the Department for Business and Trade.
Heat pumps are part of the government’s strategy to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050, with a target of 600,000 heat pumps installations by 2028.
“Of course, while Defra is responsible for protecting the environment and this area, an awful lot of the levers are in other departments,” said Pow….