Don’t take your heat pump on holiday with you.

If you’re going away for a break, you might be tempted to give your heat pump a holiday too. However, I would advise against turning it off completely. Your heat pump will need to use more energy getting your home back up to temperature than it would keeping it warm while you're away. If you wait to turn your heat pump on until you walk back through the door, you'll have to wait to be warm while it catches up.

Heat pumps warm homes more slowly, but much more efficiently and it's almost always best to leave them running. The best approach is to leave them on normally if you're away for the weekend, and turn them down or use a holiday setting if you're gone for a week or more. Set your heat pump to return to normal running two or three days before you get back.