Readers react to this year’s Construction Manager of the Year Awards and the recent push for air source heat pumps.

The government will incentivise consumers to replace their gas boilers in favour of heat pumps by offering £5,000 grants over the next three years.

As Glasgow gears up to host the UN Conference on Climate Change, Neil Gerrard examines how well prepared construction is to deliver the heat pumps the government hopes will form a key plank of its net zero emissions strategy.

The government’s proposed green alternative to gas heating is inferior to traditional boilers, the business and energy secretary has admitted, as he insisted that heat pumps were not “much worse” than the technology they are designed to replace.