For decades, gas central heating has been the default for most UK homes. It is familiar, widely installed and, in many cases, still the cheapest way to heat a property. But that picture is beginning ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A traditional gas boiler (left) and a heat pump (right). (Getty Images) A record number of heat pumps were sold last year, ...

Aimee Ambrose receives funding from The Collaboration for the Humanities and Social Sciences in Europe (CHANSE) and The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). This research has been conducted as ...