Please submit your abstracts (250 words maximum) covering the conference theme “Heat Pumps – Resilient and Efficient,” on the conference website. The abstracts will be screened by an appropriate Regional Coordinator and authors will be advised of acceptance by June 15, 2022. The conference theme will address the key technical...
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The Technology Collaboration Programme on Heat Pumping Technologies by IEA (HPT TCP) Annual Report for 2021 is now published and can be downloaded. The Annual Report describes the work of the Programme during 2021 including Message from the Chairman, information about our Annexes, and the highlights of 2021. This and...
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On April 4, the third contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report of IPCC (the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) was released. This report provides an updated global assessment of climate change mitigation progress and pledges and examines the sources of global emissions. It explains developments in emission reduction and mitigation...
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The first issue of HPT Magazine 2022 focuses on Refrigerants. In this issue, you can read a summary of the European Commission's (EC) newly revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) proposal, an excerpt from the IEA's Renewable 2021 and Energy Efficiency 2021 reports, and a summary of the IEA's...
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On March 8 the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen made the following statement: "We are too dependent on Russian fossils fuels. We must ensure a reliable, secure, and affordable supply of energy to European consumers. With the #EUGreenDeal, we know how to get there. But we need...
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The International Energy Agency (IEA) released a 10-point plan on March 3 to reduce the European Union's reliance on Russian natural gas. They claim that actions taken this year may reduce Russian gas imports by more than a third, with additional interim options to reduce them by more than half...
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In buildings, the energy consumption arising from electricity and heating is the primary source of carbon dioxide emissions. Improving the energy efficiency of buildings is one of the most viable paths to decreasing this consumption and the associated carbon emissions. The main goal of Varma, one of Finland’s largest real...
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The Heat Pumping Technologies Magazine is a magazine about heat pumping technologies, markets and market development, and information from the annexes (projects) in the program. In each issue, there is also a column, where the author gives his view of a topic of hers or his own choice, a list...
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