The European Commission’s flagship initiative the “Renovation Wave” aims to decarbonise the European building stock. This is a massive endeavour as buildings are responsible for 40% of the EU’s final energy consumption and account for 36% of CO2 emissions. Two-thirds of existing buildings are likely to remain in use by...
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The topic this time is: Heat pumps for the retrofit and renovation market The fight against the Corona virus and its effects continues globally. We should now expect restrictions to continue throughout the entire 2020, with variations between nations and over time. As an effect, the 13th IEA Heat Pump...
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Growing populations and improving economies world-wide, especially in the developing world, are projected to lead to huge increases in global demand for space cooling, dehumidification, and refrigeration. This will make reaching global energy and climate goals extremely challenging. The objective of Annex 53 is to develop technology solutions for higher efficiency...
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The New York State Public Service Commission has approved new electric heat pump targets for utilities to reduce energy consumption in the state. The new targets will bring nearly $2 billion in investments to help transform the way New York residents and businesses heat and cool their homes and offices....
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Coordinated international action on energy-efficient, climate-friendly cooling could avoid as much as 460 billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions – roughly equal to eight years of global emissions at 2018 levels – over the next four decades, according to the Cooling Emissions and Policy Synthesis Report from the United Nations...
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The European energy system is changing. Renewable energy sources are providing ever larger shares of the energy used, and this is of significance also for the other parts of the system. In this transformation, heat pumps can be an asset providing demand response to the power system. The project Flexible...
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Heat pumps and district heating might look like competitors for the same market shares. But that is only at a first glance. Looking into the technologies and at the entire energy system it becomes clear that a combination of the two has many advantages. This has been the topic of...
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In Japan, heat pumps are a well-known product in both private and commercial settings. They have also been embraced by various types of industries. This development began several decades ago and has been further pushed by energy conservation measures. These were formulated by the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy,...
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