Annex 61 “Heat Pumps in Positive Energy Districts” now ready for take off. But there is still time to join!
HPT TCP is very happy to annonuce that the new project Annex 61 “Heat Pumps in Positive Energy Districts” is about to be launched.
Based on the rising awareness of global warming, climate change and Net Zero Emission targets by 2050 a fast reduction of CO2-emissions is of high importance. Due to their high performance, heat pumps are already introduced as concepts to reach nearly ZeroEnergy buildings (nZEB).
The overall objective of Annex 61 is to evaluate the role of heat pumps in positive energy neighborhoods or districts. As starting point heat pumps in individual buildings are considered. Successively generic concepts on neighborhood level will be evaluated taking into account limitations on the individual building level. In the next step, the role of heat pumps for positive energy neighborhoods will be defined and a road-map to positive energy district with heat pumps developed.
Read more about the project on Annex 61 website!
Lead country is Switzerland and head of the project is Prof. Carsten Wemhöner of Institute for Energy Technology Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences. Other participating countries are Austria, Germany, Japan and USA.Janary 31 – February 1 an expert group met in Belgium for a workshop and a two day meeting.
However there is still an oportunity to join the project!
For information please contact Operating Agent Prof. Carsten Wemhöner
Telephone number: +41-58-257 4325
E-mail address: carsten.wemhoener@ost.ch
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