A number of common refrigerants, including R134a, R410A and R407C, will be banned from use in new chillers in the USA from January 1, 2024. The bans are one of a number of changes to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s Significant New Alternatives Policy programme (SNAP) regulations, published today in...
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Earlier this year, in its Heating and Cooling Strategy, the European Commission addressed thermal energy for the first time in a consistent manner. This was timely, as decarbonising Europe’s energy system is impossible without decarbonising the heating and cooling sector. The ‘Clean Energy Package’ that was published yesterday is a...
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According to AHRI statistics for September, U.S. shipments of air-source heat pumps increased 31.1 percent to 200 005 units, up from 152 597 units shipped in September 2015. The year-to-date total for heat pump shipments increased 4.3 percent to 1 956 688 units, up from 1 876 106 units shipped...
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Heat pumps are designed to move heat from colder place to warm, with the help of electricity. Regions where heating and cooling needs are moderate, these pumps are efficient alternatives to furnaces and air conditioners. The demand for heat pumps will witness moderate growth on account of changing climatic, government...
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Recent elections have led to a lively debate about the future of climate action. Many ask if the historic breakthrough in Paris last year will now be put to rest. While politics does matter, no election result is going to change this simple fact: climate solutions will continue to make...
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Image above: The darker the color the country is marked by - the more readers it has. Today it is five weeks since we released the first issue of the HPT Magazine - a development of the former HPC Newsletter. Nowadays you can read the entire magazine - and not...
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During the meeting with the Executive Committe of the HPT TCP last week in France a new collaborative research project was approved to get started within the Programme, “HPT TCP Annex 51 Acoustic signatures of heat pumps”. The primary aim is to increase the acceptance of heat pumps for comfort...
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Last week the ExCo delegates of HPT TCP met for four days of meetings (7-10 November) in Sophia Antipolis in France. Among the special items handled, was the planning for the 12th IEA Heat Pump Conference that will take place in Rotterdam in the Netherlands 15-18 May next year. Also the...
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