Welcome to the new Heat Pumping Technologies Magazine – or in short: HPT Magazine! The Magazine is a development of the former HPC Newsletter, updated with a new layout, more focus on the Annexes and the possibility to read it on issuu (a digital publishing platform). Another update is that...
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Today, Technology Collaboration Programme on Heat Pumping Technologies (HPT TCP) organized a National Teams' meeting in Nuremberg in conjunction with Chillventa. Ideas and proposals for new collaborative research projects within the Programme was discussed, ranging from communication protocols for heat pumps, monitoring of ground source systems, new technologies for space...
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On September the 22nd the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) and members of the heat pump panel of the renewable heating and cooling platform (www.rhc-platform.org) organized a workshop “Finding and crossing heat pump barriers”, an unconventional mind mapping exercise in Brussels. Caroline Haglund Stignor from Heat Pump Centre participated in...
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On May 25, 2016, the Asian Heat Pump Network held its first meeting at Waseda University, with Professor Saito of Waseda University School of Fundamental Science and Engineering as leader. Experts in the field of heat pumps from some Asian countries met, introduced the status of heat pump technology in...
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Two new publications - Final Report and Executive Summary - from the Annex 37: "Demonstration of Field Measurements of Heat Pump Systems in Buildings - Good Examples with Modern Technology" are now published in the publication database and can be downloaded as pdf files from our website. Download the reports...
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Japanese manufacturers are competing to develop new products and technologies for variable refrigerant flow (VRF) air conditioning systems, which were originally developed in Japan. As this market has expanded, however, Chinese and Korean manufacturers have grown more prominent, which has given rise to reverse innovation in Japan. Examples of this...
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The General Office of Beijing New Rural Construction Leading Group has unveiled "Guidelines on advocating switching to clean energy from coal as well as coal reduction and replacement in villages of the rural area of Beijing 2016". Based on available information, this coal to electricity transformation program is a very...
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The building services engineering sector in UK is being asked for its views on the impact of Brexit in a new survey. The survey, launched by the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA), the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) and leading Scottish electrical trade body SELECT, aims to identify the key issues...
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