The UK air conditioning and refrigeration industry has called on the government to remain aligned to the EU’s F-gas regulations and European safety standards, post Brexit. Responding to the UK Parliament Environmental Audit Committee inquiry, the Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Industry Board (ACRIB) also argued that alignment with the existing...
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On 15-16 November, the Executive Committee (ExCo) of HPT TCP met for their fall meeting in Vienna. Here is a short report from the meeting. During the meeting, the ExCo Chairman Stephan Renz from Switzerland was reelected for a new three year period. Take part of some of Stephan’s thought...
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HPC has received the letter of confirmation from Italy, confirming their joining in Annex 51 "Acoustic Signatures of Heat Pumps" The responsible national expert is Mario Motta (Energy Department, Politecnico di Milano)
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Heat Pumping Technologies in near Zero Emission Buildings (nZEB) Heat pumps is an excellent choice for nZEB and other low energy buildings. This is evidenced in a number of HPT TCP Annexes (projects) that have been devoted to them, Annexes 32, 40 and 49, as well as the number of...
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The European Heat Pump Summit (EHPS) took place in Nuremberg, Germany, 24 - 25 October 2017, where international experts discussed the European heat pump market, technology and application trends. There were in total more than 30 presentations on different topics related to heat pumping technologies. While the most common theme...
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Fund your next project idea The European Technology and Innovation Platform on Renewable Heating & Cooling (RHC-ETIP) together with the Deep Geothermal ETIP and the DHC+ Technology Platform is hosting a brokerage event on the upcoming Horizon 2020 Energy Work programme, for the period 2018-2020. The event will take place...
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On the 30th October, the Asian Heat Pump & Thermal Storage Technologies Network (AHPNW) held a workshop in Tokyo, Japan. Komiyama Hiroshi, chairman of the Heat Pump and Thermal Storage Technology Center of Japan declared that they need to recognize all unutilized energies, including air source energies, which should be...
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HPC announces that Annex 49 - "Design and integration of heat pumps for nZEB", will be joined by the United Kingdom. The effort will be led by Martin Betz, Technical director at Glen Dimplex Heating.
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