Chiu, LF;
Lowe, R;
(2019)
Ecology of heat pump performance: A socio-technical analysis.
In: Littlewood, J and Howlett, R and Capozzoli, A and Jain, L, (eds.)
Sustainability in Energy and Buildings.
(pp. pp. 711-721).
Springer: Singapore.
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Abstract
The UK government’s heat strategy is to reduce emissions from buildings “to virtually zero by 2050” through a combination of technologies including heat pumps (HPs). As part of this strategy, it introduced the Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP) scheme to incentivise the installation of HPs in the residential sector. Using a socio-technical approach and case study method developed by the authors in the field of energy research and building, this paper explores the reasons for variation in performance of HPs supported by this scheme. Twenty-one sites/households were selected for investigation. Owing to limited space, this paper does not seek to present all cases, but instead focuses on key insights from five cases that were originally thought to perform poorly. The findings highlight how the complex ecology of a socio-technical system in determines performance. We will show that system performance emerges from the dynamic interaction of monitoring system, heat pump system configuration and occupants’ heating practices, and heating load factor. Limitations, practical implications, and scope for future research are briefly discussed.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
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| Title: | Ecology of heat pump performance: A socio-technical analysis |
| Event: | 11th KES International Conference on Sustainability and Energy in Buildings 2019 (SEB 2019), 4-5 July 2019, Budapest, Hungary |
| Location: | Budapest, Hungary |
| Dates: | 04 July 2019 - 05 July 2019 |
| ISBN-13: | 978-981-32-9868-2 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-981-32-9868-2_60 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9868-2_60 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Heat pump performance, Ecology, Socio-technical |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10088056 |
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