CLEAR-HP – Consumers Leading the EU’s Energy Ambition Response through uptake of Heat Pumps

CLEAR-HP aims to facilitate consumers’ access to heat pumps by accompanying them throughout the whole purchasing journey, and by addressing financial and regulatory barriers. Independent consumer organisations from Belgium, Bulgaria, Italy, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain, led by BEUC, The European Consumer Organisation, have partnered with the International Consumer Research & Testing (ICRT) and with the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) to promote consumer awareness and empower them to lead the clean energy transition, improving the energy performance and comfort of their homes, and reducing their energy bills. This will be done by:

• Providing information to consumers on the availability, quality and suitability of heat pump products for their homes.
• Analysing and identifying available financing opportunities for consumers and addressing gaps with national authorities, to improve consumers’ access to heat pump technologies.
• Exploring and developing partnerships with heat pump suppliers and installers at national and European level.
• Launching collective purchase schemes based on ‘purchase and install’ packages which ensure the quality of the product offered and simplify the purchasing process for consumers, as well as offering consumers ongoing advice and support.
• Up-skilling installers of heat pumps in what consumers need to know.
• Communicating to consumers the general benefits of heat pumps versus traditional technologies to encourage new and future investments and interest.

• Grant agreement ID: 101119923
• Official website
• Duration: 1 September 2023 – 30 June 2026 (34 months)
• Euroconsumers partners: ALTROCONSUMO EDIZIONI; OCU EDICIONES; DECO PROTESTE EDITORES; ASSOCIATION DES CONSOMMATEURS TEST-ACHATS SCRL
• Coordinated by BEUC

Co-funded by the European Union’s LIFE programme under the grant agreement No. 101119923. Views and opinions expressed
are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CINEA.
Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.