Head to head

Industrial heat pumps vs Electrification of heat

Two routes to the same tonne of CO2 — at very different cost, speed and risk. The honest sequencing answer is usually «cheaper one first, it funds the other».

Side by side

	Industrial heat pumps	Electrification of heat
Abatement cost	€20–80/t	€40–80/t
Addresses	30–60% of low-temp heat	up to 100% of fuel CO2 (grid-dependent)
Payback	3–6 yr	5–10 yr
Best for

Verdict: start with Industrial heat pumps — lower €/t and faster payback; bank its savings toward the structural step. Sequencing beats either/or: every tonne the cheap measure removes shrinks the expensive one's required size.

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How this page is built: heat-loss figures follow ASTM C680 / ISO 12241 (the method behind our public calculators); facility emissions from Climate TRACE & EU ETS verified data across 30,000+ industrial sites; the 2026–2034 schedule is Regulation (EU) 2023/956, not a forecast. Published by Inzonex — manufacturer of modular removable insulation (UK Patent GB2508992.1). Spotted an error? Tell us — we correct on evidence.

Inzonex removable modular insulation on industrial equipment

Cut the tonnes at the source

Hot industrial equipment? Cut the heat loss.

Boilers, kilns, heat exchangers, valves and steam lines lose energy continuously. Inzonex makes patented (UK GB2508992.1) removable modular insulation — snap-fastened covers engineered per temperature tier, not generic off-the-shelf jackets:

Up to 90% less heat loss from insulated surfaces
Surface temperature ≤45 °C — touch-safe for workers (EN ISO 13732-1)
6× faster maintenance access than fixed cut-and-weld lagging — unclips and refits in minutes, no destruction
Inspectable — comes off to check for corrosion under insulation, then refits like-new (generic jackets often don't survive removal)
Typical payback under 2 years (some 9–11 months)

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