{"id":24277,"date":"2026-02-10T11:24:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T10:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ehpa.org\/?p=24277"},"modified":"2026-02-10T12:20:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T11:20:30","slug":"flemish-and-dutch-authorities-partner-with-industry-to-boost-heat-pumps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ehpa.org\/news-and-resources\/news\/flemish-and-dutch-authorities-partner-with-industry-to-boost-heat-pumps\/","title":{"rendered":"Flemish and Dutch partner with industry to boost heat pumps\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"24277\" class=\"elementor elementor-24277\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b95382a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7b95382a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4fab21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4fab21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>Both the Flanders region of Belgium and their neighbours in the Netherlands have taken steps to speed up heat pump rollout through\u00a0<b>partnerships\u00a0<\/b>with the industry. Flanders is focusing on heat pumps in renovations; the Dutch on social housing.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>In\u00a0<b>Flanders<\/b>\u00a0nearly 70% of homes are technically ready for a heat pump, yet only about 10% of renovating households choose to install one. To tackle this and reach a 70% share of renovations with a heat pump,\u00a0<b>the Flemish government and industry associations<\/b>\u00a0have signed a\u00a0<b>\u2018Heat Pump Charter\u2019<\/b>\u00a0which aims to make the technology more affordable, reduce electricity costs, and improve guidance for families planning renovations.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Measures include\u00a0<b>premiums of up to \u20ac8,000<\/b>,\u00a0<b>low-interest or interest-free renovation loans<\/b>, and better advice from public energy guidance services. On the industry side, efforts must be made to provide transparent quotations, improve installer skills and customer communication.<br \/><br \/><\/div><div>In the\u00a0<b>Netherlands<\/b>, a coalition of\u00a0<b>housing corporations, heat-pump manufacturers, installers and government bodies<\/b>\u00a0have signed a declaration of\u00a0intent to make heat pumps\u00a0<b>significantly cheaper<\/b>\u00a0for use in\u00a0<b>social rental housing<\/b>.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>The plan aims to\u00a0<b>halve the lifetime costs<\/b>\u00a0of heat pumps, including purchase, maintenance and replacement, making them financially viable for large-scale installation in properties managed by rental associations. Lower costs could in turn deliver\u00a0<b>lower energy bills<\/b>\u00a0for tenants and help social housing providers accelerate the shift away from gas heating.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>Together, these efforts show the importance of working in coalitions to make clean heating technologies\u00a0<b>affordable and attractive<\/b>, helping to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, and carbon emissions from buildings, while protecting household budgets.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both the Flanders region of Belgium and their neighbours in the Netherlands have taken steps to speed up heat pump rollout through\u00a0partnerships\u00a0with the industry. Flanders is focusing on heat pumps in renovations; the Dutch on social housing.\u00a0In\u00a0Flanders\u00a0nearly 70% of homes are technically ready for a heat pump, yet only about 10% of renovating households choose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-policy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Flemish and Dutch partner with industry to boost heat pumps\u00a0 - European Heat Pump Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ehpa.org\/news-and-resources\/news\/flemish-and-dutch-authorities-partner-with-industry-to-boost-heat-pumps\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Flemish and Dutch partner with industry to boost heat pumps\u00a0 - European Heat Pump Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Both the Flanders region of Belgium and their neighbours in the Netherlands have taken steps to speed up heat pump rollout through\u00a0partnerships\u00a0with the industry. 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