CIBSE Heat Pump Summit 2026 brought together engineers, consultants, policymakers, manufacturers and contractors to discuss the adoption of heat pump technologies across the UK built environment. The event was held at CIBSE’s headquarters in Saffron Hill and focused on low-carbon heating solutions and the UK transition to net zero.
The summit opened with a keynote session from Colin Goodwin, CIBSE Technical Consultant and Director at CG Technical Property Services Limited, and Swetta Coopamah, Head of Smart Energy Systems at BEAMA. Their remarks addressed the role of heat pumps in decarbonising heating and the need for coordinated action across industry and policy.
CIBSE presented updates on its heat pump guidance, including AM16: Heat pump installations for multi-unit residential buildings, AM17: Heat pump installations for large non-domestic buildings, and forthcoming guidance on Domestic Heat Pump Design and Installation. The update was delivered by Dr Jaydeep Bhadra, Domestic Sector Technical Manager at CIBSE, Iona Norton, Programme Director – Sustainability and Infrastructure at Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Trust, and Josh Bird, Founder at Rethink Buildings.
The programme included a CPD session from Panasonic on current technologies and applications. A panel on commercial heat pump applications examined whole system design, including storage, controls and optimisation, integration with existing HVAC and legacy systems, heat networks, zoning and local area energy planning.
A government and regulatory session covered the Warm Homes Plan, the Future Homes Standard, planning reforms and regulatory developments. Speakers included Channa Karunaratne, District Energy Market Sector Lead at AECOM, Charlotte Lee, Chief Executive at The Heat Pump Association, Marcus Shepard, Policy Manager, Sustainable Future Mission at NESTA, and Sam Baptist, Head of Government Affairs at CIBSE.
The final session focused on skills, workforce and the supply chain, including skills gaps, training pathways, manufacturing capacity and the wider heat pump ecosystem. CIBSE said the summit highlighted the need for collaboration across disciplines, organisations and sectors to support heat pump deployment and the decarbonisation agenda.
