Raising product standards for space heating

T his consultation seeks views on proposals to improve product standards by updating ecodesign and energy labelling legislation for space and combination heaters. The consultation sets out: proposals to enable the electrification of heat, including by raising minimum efficient standards for heat pumps and introducing such standards for hybrid heat pumps for the first time. proposals to improve the efficiency of fossil fuel heating systems. This includes proposals to remove some lower performing products from the market and improve interoperability of different manufacturers’ products. These proposals build on those set out in the previous government’s Improving Boiler Standards and Efficiency consultation and the response, published in March this year. proposals to improve product labelling standards to ensure energy labels best inform consumer choices. This involves reforming the current space heating energy efficiency scale, under