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About Nesta

Nesta is a research and innovation foundation. We apply our deep expertise in applied methods to design, test and scale solutions to some of the biggest challenges of our time, working across the innovation lifecycle.

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Growing the low-carbon workforce

Growing the low-carbon workforce

About this area of focus

We are helping to increase the number of heating engineers with heat pump installation skills and grow the low-carbon heating workforce. We are also working to improve the overall quality of installations as measured by heat pump performance, and grow the proportion of working time that heating engineers spend on heat pumps over other heating and general plumbing work. 

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Projects and case studies

Updates and case studies from our portfolio of projects and practical programmes

Start at home for newly trained heat pump installers

Toolkits, research and explainers

Helpful guides and original analysis you can apply to your own work

Start at home for newly trained heat pump installers

Commentary and features

Expert opinion and thought-provoking editorial

Agile innovation: accelerating impact through Start at Home

Events and talks

Keynotes, panel discussions and podcasts to inform, inspire and provoke

Catch-up event: Inside a heat pump home: virtual tour and homeowner Q&A

A powerful ecosystem for innovation

We extend our impact through two specialised units that help people and organisations to solve complex problems and achieve their goals.

BIT

BIT helps clients from government, nonprofits and the private sector to improve people’s lives through our empirical problem solving and deep understanding of human behaviour.

Challenge Works

Challenge Works designs and runs challenge prizes to spark innovation in science, technology and society.