Earth Notes: General Bibliography (LCP2023installer)
General public bibliography for EOU and related research. #bibliography #dataset
- [LCP2023installer] LCP Delta Vaillant installer survey report: Aspiring to a green future (accessed ), (report) (BibTeX).
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This report summarises the findings of a survey carried out to understand the immediate views of heating engineers, and the appetite for transitioning to become an air source heat pump installer. 1,136 installers, registered to our Vaillant Advance loyalty scheme, responded to our survey with positive results. We received a high level of responses, illustrating how engaged gas installers are with this topic, and how there is a significant growth and interest in heat pump technologies.
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[From the landing page: "... 82% of installers surveyed currently not installing heat pumps. Encouragingly, the majority of those who took part in the survey recognised a need to train, with 87% of installers answering 'yes' or 'maybe' when asked if they were interested in undertaking air source heat pump training in the next 12 months. The top three motivators of these installers looking to undertake heat pump training were future-proofing their business or career development, personal financial benefits from installing a diverse range of heating technologies, and the benefits for the environment by supporting the net zero agenda. These motivators were largely similar for the 18% of installers who were already installing heat pumps ..." and "Vaillant estimates that heat pump training for an existing heating engineer can take up to 9.5 days - however, on average, the installers surveyed only needed a further 6.5 days training, as they already had some skills required to fit a heat pump. Time away from the tools also didn't appear to be an immediate barrier to undertaking heat pump training. Out of the 994 installers who expressed an interest in upskilling, almost two thirds (64%) said they would still be interested in undertaking training after learning the required training time. ... 55% of installers felt that they would prefer 'entirely in-person training' when it came to air-source heat pumps, whilst 'a combination of in-person and online' was preferred by 40% of those surveyed."]