The National Trust has worked on more than 130 renewable energy projects over the past nine years, reducing reliance on fossil fuels as well as establishing its own green energy supply.
Speke Hall, a 500-year-old Tudor mansion in Liverpool, has replaced its traditional heating system with the installation of a ground-source heat pump.The pump, installed within a cellar of the property, means the house is no longer reliant on oil or gas and any remaining electricity demand is supplied by energy from a nearby wind farm.
"We have a duty to care for these old buildings, and now we can better control its climate, as well as reducing our reliance on fossil fuels," Mr Osborne said. "All this technology is scalable - it's a big system here because of the size of the property - but it's exactly the same system that would be in a residential home.The UK government, which has a 2050 net-zero target, has recognised heat pumps will be a major technology to help reduce residential carbon footprints but acknowledges, for now, that units are currently too expensive.
In the short-term, it intends to make £1bn worth of funding available for home insulation projects as it seeks to reduce energy consumption by 15% by 2030.
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