Ryan Beattie, director of Thermatek Heating and part of the pilot, installing a heat pump in his home near Edinburgh, said the project was “invaluable to both my business and to me personally”.

Nesta’s Benoit Siberdt, who led the start at home project, said: “Giving heating engineers a free heat pump translated to more confidence in the technology and more credibility with customers.

A trial giving heating engineers a free heat pump for their own homes is to be rolled out to thousands of people after it boosted professional support for the tech. The “start at home” pilot by ...

The “start at home” pilot by innovation agency Nesta to support heating engineers to install their first heat pump in their home found it boosted their technical knowledge, understanding of ...

Living with heat pumps in their own homes also provided the engineers with more confidence and insight to advise customers, such as the issues they might have and how to solve them.

Ryan Beattie, director of Thermatek Heating and part of the pilot, installing a heat pump in his home near Edinburgh, said the project was “invaluable to both my business and to me personally”.