The first issue of HPT Magazine 2022 focuses on Refrigerants. In this issue, you can read a summary of the European Commission's (EC) newly revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) proposal, an excerpt from the IEA's Renewable 2021 and Energy Efficiency 2021 reports, and a summary of the IEA's...
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On March 8 the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen made the following statement: "We are too dependent on Russian fossils fuels. We must ensure a reliable, secure, and affordable supply of energy to European consumers. With the #EUGreenDeal, we know how to get there. But we need...
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The International Energy Agency (IEA) released a 10-point plan on March 3 to reduce the European Union's reliance on Russian natural gas. They claim that actions taken this year may reduce Russian gas imports by more than a third, with additional interim options to reduce them by more than half...
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In buildings, the energy consumption arising from electricity and heating is the primary source of carbon dioxide emissions. Improving the energy efficiency of buildings is one of the most viable paths to decreasing this consumption and the associated carbon emissions. The main goal of Varma, one of Finland’s largest real...
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The Heat Pumping Technologies Magazine is a magazine about heat pumping technologies, markets and market development, and information from the annexes (projects) in the program. In each issue, there is also a column, where the author gives his view of a topic of hers or his own choice, a list...
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The Annual Report 2021 for Annex 54 - Heat Pump Systems with Low-GWP Refrigerants, is now available. This report provides a comprehensive, most up-to-date review of current research and the development of systems and their optimizations using low-GWP refrigerants for heat pump applications. It also includes a state-of-the-art review of...
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Do you have any innovative Heat Pump projects developed at a local level? Then you can be the winner in one of the 5 categories below: Heat Pump City of the Year DecarbIndustry DecarBuilding (residential and commercial) The lighthouse heat pump project People’s choice award: The most popular HP project...
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The phasing out of fossil-fuel-based heating is internationally recognized as fundamental to combatting the climate crisis. The installation of heat pumps in conjunction with ultralow temperature district heating and cooling systems, also known as 5GDHC, offer a way forward. Such projects support the large-scale energy transformation in dense urban areas...
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