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Katy King

@katyking2.bsky.social
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Deputy Director, A Sustainable Future @nestauk.bsky.social ex @bitglobal.bsky.social Posts in a personal capacity about behavioural science & household decarbonisation.

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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Why this events summer can act as a catalyst for electrification - and what the Government should do
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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
If you want to see whether heat pumps work for yourself, check out www.visitaheatpump.com to find a home with a heat pump near you
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Visit a heat pump
Visit a heat pump near you in real life. See it in action and get your questions answered by heat pump owners.
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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Nadine Dorries has some important* information about heat pumps…
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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
February is a great time to talk about… air conditioning. Otherwise known as air to air heat pumps, which can heat as well as cool your home, very efficiently. We have a big new report out today on how suitable air to air heat pumps are for British homes. The answer: quite a lot!
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Air-to-air heat pumps: a low-carbon solution for UK homes
A2A heat pumps can provide homeowners with an additional option for decarbonising home heating
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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
New: 10 policy changes to make getting a heat pump easier www.nesta.org.uk/blog/10-thin... @acjsissons.bsky.social @chrisbaraniuk.com @helenczerski.bsky.social @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org @janrosenow.bsky.social @duncanrobinson.bsky.social @dharavyas.bsky.social @betatalk.bsky.social
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Kieran Lowe @kieranran.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
There are better ways to lower the cost of energy for households than a simple VAT cut @madgabes.bsky.social outlined recently - hopefully the Chancellor will tomorrow look to reduce electricity bills along lines of the tax-free measures @nestauk.bsky.social proposed www.nesta.org.uk/report/tax-f...
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Tax-free electricity
A proposal to remove most taxes on electricity to reduce bills and promote clean heating
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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
🙏This would be very welcome. Fingers crossed for tomorrow
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Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 14/11/2025
The response to this story has been wonderful! Thanks to everyone who has read and shared it. And thanks also to all new subscribers!!
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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
The Treasury is widely reported to be considering cutting energy bills, perhaps via a VAT cut. What's the best way to do this? We think the answer is to remove the taxes from electricity bills. Here is Nesta's proposal out for Tax-free Electricity: @nestauk.bsky.social
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Tax-free electricity
A proposal to remove most taxes on electricity to reduce bills and promote clean heating
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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
I’ve successfully claimed £2,000 from Halifax for my heat pump install 🥳 To be eligible for the Green Living Reward the install has to be within 1 year of getting a mortgage/refixing. You also need to have a current account with Halifax. #heatpump #heatpumps
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Climate Visuals @climatevisuals.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
New pictures! Today we're excited to be launching the first images from our new resource of engaging, accessible and real-life images of heat pumps across the UK, free for non-profit, editorial and educational use. Find out more and view the images: www.climatevisuals.org/heatpumps/
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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
✨Heat pump wrap ✨Before and after ✨ I just got my Vaillant heat pump wrapped in grey. Do you prefer it before or after? #heatpumps
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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
🏢 How are flats heated in England and Wales? 🏦 🔥 45% of 11+ storey flats use communal heating, at least half relying on fossil fuels 🏡 75% of low-rise flats (1-3 storeys) use fossil-fuel heating ⚡ 60% of high-rise flats use electricity for individual heating www.nesta.org.uk/project-upda...
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Understanding how flats are heated in England and Wales
Decarbonising flats requires a nuanced, multifaceted approach with distinct strategies based on their heating fuel types
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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Well, electricity levies and heat pumps are in the news this morning… … and we have a brand new Nesta report out on levy reform. We’ve looked closely at all the options, and this is what we think the best approach is… www.nesta.org.uk/report/how-t...
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How to make electricity cheaper
Reforming the levies on energy bills
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Nesta @nestauk.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
🏡 In partnership with The MCS Foundation, we've designed a website to help consumers transition to a heat pump, with free, impartial tools and guidance. Homeowners can find out how much a heat pump might cost, the best type for their home, and find an installer: www.getaheatpump.org.uk
getaheatpump.org.uk
Your trusted source of information on heat pumps
Learn about the future of home heating with Get a Heat Pump: offering independent information, tools and guidance for homeowners.
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Nesta @nestauk.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Today, the 1 metre ruling requiring a minimum of 1 metre between a heat pump & property boundaries has been lifted for homes in England, meaning thousands of homeowners can make the first step to getting one. 🔖 Our new explainer outlines the planning process for getting a heat pump: bit.ly/4mAIDo0
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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Today is the day! The heat pump 1m rule finally gets lifted. Getting my own heat pump installed later this year (planning no longer required!) 🥳 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Planning change makes heat pump installations easier for homes
The rule requiring planning permission if a heat pump is within 1m of a neighbours property has been removed.
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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
🔥 1,600 heat pump visits in one year 🔥 Over 900 hosts signed up 🔥 47 installers registered www.nesta.org.uk/blog/one-yea... @codrinacretu.bsky.social @alasdair.co @madgabes.bsky.social @kieranran.bsky.social @markobroin.bsky.social
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One year on, Visit a Heat Pump sees over 1,600 visitors
Our research has shown visits make a clear difference to people’s attitudes, knowledge and confidence on heat pumps
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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Do you know of a conservation areas in the UK that allow heat pumps fronting a highway? We'd love any examples! Thanks in advance 🙏
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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
🔥 Heat pump 1m rule comes to an end on 29th May! 🥳 Here is the statutory instrument: www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/56... @joalsop.bsky.social @betatalk.bsky.social @thesuburbanpirate.bsky.social @acjsissons.bsky.social @annieleymarie.bsky.social @carbonbrief.org @chrisbaraniuk.com
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The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Order 2025
This instrument amends the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/596) (“the GPDO”). The GPDO provides, for the purposes of section 59 of the Town an...
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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
🔥 Heat pump 1m rule comes to an end on 29th May! 🥳 Here is the statutory instrument: www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/56...
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The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) Order 2025
This instrument amends the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/596) (“the GPDO”). The GPDO provides, for the purposes of section 59 of the Town an...
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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
New heat pump consultation out today on UK Government grants: - Extend to Air to Air & heat batteries Options being considered to help spread the installation cost of a heat pump include: - Hire purchase - Hire purchase “plus” - Leasing, like leasing a car www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Families to get more choice over home upgrades
Proposals to give families greater choice when upgrading their home's heating as well as plans to create up to 18,000 training places for green jobs
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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Eeek >> Gas boilers now biggest source of air pollution in central London elementallondon.show/news/gas-boi...
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Gas boilers now biggest source of air pollution in central London, study shows - elemental
A new study has revealed that gas boilers used for heating are now identified as the primary contributor for NOx emissions in London.
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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
🔥 Do we need to mandate the open protocol that all boilers and controls have to work with? 🔥 DESNZ consultation says boilers & controls just need to be compatible with 1 open protocol - so some will be incompatible with each other? I suggest OpenTherm as the mandated open protocol. Am I wrong?
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Chris Baraniuk @chrisbaraniuk.com · 06/03/2025
NEW: Helen Jeffrey was excited to have a heat pump installed after moving home - but something wasn't right. It was costing her far more than expected. So she decided to investigate. And soon met an internet stranger who was able to help. MY LATEST: www.thereengineer.pro/p/an-interne...
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‘An internet stranger helped solve my heat pump puzzle’
Gadgets can monitor heat pumps and reveal their workings
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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Great new piece on heat pump monitoring and optimisation from @chrisbaraniuk.com open.substack.com/pub/thereeng... Cameo from heat pump Bsky aficionado @acjsissons.bsky.social
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‘An internet stranger helped solve my heat pump puzzle’
Gadgets can monitor heat pumps and reveal their workings
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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Did you turn down your boiler flow temp and save energy & money? We’re looking for a case study Top marks if you can access your energy data from before and after Thank you!
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Martina Kavan @martinakavan.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Fresh out the CCC oven – the Seventh Carbon Budget sets out a new trajectory for heat pumps. The new Balanced Pathway pushes back heat pump installations into the 30s – more realistic given current progress, but still ambitious.
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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
The government is proposing all new combi boilers are supplied with a 60°C flow temp factory default setting by early 2026. Does anyone know if any existing boiler manufacturers already do this? Thanks! 🙏 @betatalk.bsky.social @joalsop.bsky.social
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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I’ll come back with some screenshots of charts, details on changes in pathways and so on in a bit… … but I think the big change in the 7th carbon budget is that the technology choices for net zero are now pretty clear. We need to stop arguing as much about technologies and electrify things quickly
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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
The Climate Change Committee’s advice on the Seventh Carbon Budget is out today. What does it say about home heating? Top line: half of homes should have heat pumps within 15 years www.theccc.org.uk/publication/...
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The Seventh Carbon Budget - Climate Change Committee
Presented to the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 34 of the Climate Change Act 2008. Footnotes have…
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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Another reason to get a heat pump and induction hob: In London homes indoor air pollution exceeds WHO standards 38% of the time. The overwhelming proportion of indoor emissions are thought to originate from smoking, heating, and cooking. New paper from @rmetcalfe.bsky.social @sjroth.bsky.social
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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Do we need a universally recognised heat pump symbol? Does any country already have one?
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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
The Welsh Government needs to... 🔥 1. Remove the 3-metre planning rule for heat pumps 🔥 2. Exempt ASHPs from increases in the planning application fees 🔥 3. Create planning hubs to upskill the sector www.nesta.org.uk/blog/the-wel... Great blog from @marine-furet.bsky.social
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The Welsh Government must commit to planning reform so we can unleash clean heat
We’re proposing three simple planning policies that could support Wales’ clean heat future
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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Am I wrong? Flats in the UK OVER 3 floors most likely have shared heating systems e.g. heat network, commmunal boiler, air to air systems that cover the whole block Flats in the UK UNDER 3 floors most likely to have non shared heating systems e.g. electric or gas boiler per dwelling Any data?
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Codrina Cretu @codrinacretu.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Had a lovely chat with @andymarsden.bsky.social about Visit a Heat Pump, and our work on clean heat neighbourhoods on @betatalk.bsky.social 's podcast. Thanks for having us!
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Nathan Gambling @betatalk.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
I chat with some of the Nesta team about the highly successful visit a heat pump project @acjsissons.bsky.social @codrinacretu.bsky.social betatalk.buzzsprout.com/509671/episo...
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Visit A Heat Pump - The Successful Nesta project - BetaTalk - The Renewable Energy and Low Carbon Heating Podcast
Heat pump owners around the UK have joined the Nesta scheme whereby they allow visitors to come visit them and ask questions about their heating system. Nathan chats to Codrina Cretu and Andy Mar...
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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
The much reported statistic that 1 in 12 Londoners is an illegal migrant isn’t true - correction issued by Daily Mail www.dailymail.co.uk/home/article...
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Clarifications and corrections
An article on January 23 and feature the next day reported that a study found one in 12 Londoners is an illegal immigrant. This was incorrect s the study included people who are not illegal immigrants...
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Andrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
This is a great piece - and not just because it opens with @duncanrobinson.bsky.social participating in @nestauk.bsky.social’s Visit a Heat Pump
Opening of Bagehot column in The Economist describes the correspondent visiting a home with a heat pump, along with a lot of other (mostly) men
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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Thrilled to see our Visit A Heat Pump scheme mentioned in The Economist’s Bagehot www.economist.com/britain/2025...
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Visit a heat pump
Visit a heat pump near you in real life. See it in action and get your questions answered by heat pump owners.
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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
So proud of the team - what a great milestone!
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
New sunlight beats old sunlight! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
New: data from 4600 boilers in the UK suggests 1/3 of homes could switch to a low temp heat pump with no radiator changes and 2/3 of home with a high temp heat pump journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @betatalk.bsky.social @joalsop.bsky.social @acjsissons.bsky.social
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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Heat pump installers - when you fill in the MCS forms do you report the cost of an install before or after the BUS grant?
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Dr Matthew Aylott @renewablewriter.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Yesterday we published a review by the @energysyscat.bsky.social which looked at air to air heat pumps and the important role they could play in decarbonising UK homes: www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Air-to-air heat pumps: literature review
This literature review summarises the opportunities and challenges faced by air-to-air heat pumps (A2A HPs) in the UK.
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Louis @louis.sh · 08/01/2025
I've had a heat pump installed in my house and I'm inviting you round to have a look, as part of @nestauk.bsky.social's Visit a Heat Pump scheme! Join me in Hove on 19th Jan! app.visitaheatpump.com/hosts/633
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Terrace property, hosted by Louis | Visit a heat pump
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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Looks like Wales wants to increase planning application costs for homeowners from £230 to £585 - surely applications for heat pumps should be excluded from this? (page 15) www.gov.wales/sites/defaul...
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Katy King @katyking2.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Does anyone know anyone at Saga who could talk to us about this excellent heat pump planning work? Thanks! www.saga.co.uk/home-insuran...
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Heat Pump Installations | Saga
Discover your local heat pump uptake rate, from air source to ground source installations. Find the latest information about low-carbon home heating with Saga.
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Nesta @nestauk.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
🎄 Heat pumps aren’t just for Christmas, they’re essential to get the UK to cheaper, cleaner energy for all. Kickstart your heat pump journey in 2025: 🔥 Visit GetAHeatPump.org.uk for impartial information on getting a heat pump. 🏡 Book a visit to see a heat pump near you with VisitaHeatPump.com
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Your trusted source of information on heat pumps
Learn about the future of home heating with Get a Heat Pump: offering independent information, tools and guidance for homeowners.
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