Charlie Luxton on the rise of green renovations

There’s no place like home and when it comes to renovating our houses, there’s an increased trend of people now not only looking at the design, but how we can make our buildings more sustainable.

New research from E.ON highlights how 43% of Brits are planning to renovate their home this year, with 3 in 4 (75%) wanting to choose sustainable options when they upgrade.

Worryingly though, there appears to be a knowledge gap: despite the appetite from Brits to make improvements to the energy efficiency of their homes, more than half (56%) of UK builders say they don’t have the right information to advise on heat pumps, providing a major barrier to greater adoption of this cleaner, more efficient alternative to traditional gas boilers.

Aston spoke to sustainable architectural designer and TV presenter Charlie Luxton and Alastair Hotchkiss, heat pump expert at E.ON.

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