We are happy to welcome the UK as formal participants of IEA HPT Annex 52, and look forward to working together and learn from UK GSHP experience. Contact person for the UK team is Professor Simon Rees at Leeds University.
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On August 8-9 the 2018 China heat Pump Annual Conference & 7th International Air-source Heat Pump Development Forum took place in Hangzhou in China. The event was held by China heat pump alliance (CHPA) and attracted more than 600 participants, representing industry, academia as well as policy makers. In the...
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Google has placed the control of its data centre cooling into the hands of an AI-powered recommendation system. Instead of human-implemented recommendations, Google’s AI system is directly controlling data centre cooling, while remaining under the expert supervision of its data centre operators. This first-of-its-kind cloud-based control system is now said...
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The Channel Tunnel, which connects the UK to France, has seen energy savings of 33 % after its first season of operating a new cooling system, according to the tunnel’s operator Eurotunnel. The operator saved 4.8 GWh and nearly $600,000 in 2017, courtesy of the new cooling system. The chillers...
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With many parts of the world experiencing heat waves, Daikin has been inviting feedback on its development of an outdoor air conditioner. Against a background of global warming, outdoor event venues and others have taken measures against heat stroke in recent years. In addition, many Japanese eating establishments have installed...
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A new EU framework for decarbonizing Europe - Net-zero emissions before 2050. On June 20, the final deal on the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) and the Energy Union Governance Regulation was achieved with an overall EU-wide energy efficiency target of 32.5 % by 2030, non-binding. This is planned to be...
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24 international experts from eight countries met in Malmö, Sweden, for the first Annex 52 kick-off meeting on May 24th-25th. Within this annex, titled Long-term measurements of GSHP system performance in commercial, institutional and multi-family buildings, a large number of ground source heat pump systems, as well as a couple...
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In the beginning of August, the China Annual Heat Pump Conference takes place in Hang Zhou. In 2017, the chinese air source heat pump industry achieved more than 50% growth again. China installed around 350,000 units air to water heat pumps in Beijing to replace coal fired boilers, and agriculture and...
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