An intense week is about to start in Malmö, Sweden - it is time for the Third Mission Innovation Ministerial (MI-3), Ninth Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM9), Nordic Clean Energy Week and Solutions Summit! You can meet HPT TCP at many different events: Half of global energy-related CO2 emissions can be attributed...
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An ozone depleting CFC refrigerant, thought to be virtually extinct following Montreal Protocol phase outs, has mysteriously reappeared in increasing amounts in the atmosphere. Thirty years or more ago CFC11 (R11) was commonly used as a refrigerant and insulation propellant. Recognised as an ozone depleter under the Montreal Protocol, R11...
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The growing use of air conditioners in homes and offices around the world will be one of the top drivers of global electricity demand over the next three decades, according to new analysis by the International Energy Agency that stresses the urgent need for policy action to improve cooling efficiency....
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The DecarbCities forum, arranged by the European Heat Pump association (EHPA), took place on the 16th of May in Vienna and brought together representatives of cities, planners, the heat pump industry and other related industry. Martin Forsén, president of the EHPA, introduced the day by telling the story about how...
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The heat pumping community comes together to discuss affordable heating and cooling. You are welcome to join! On the 22 of May, as part of Nordic Clean Energy Week, HPT arranges a session on challenges regarding low-carbon heating and cooling during Arena: Sustainable Heating and Cooling. Issues such as how...
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HPC has received the letter of confirmation from Austria, confirming their joining in Annex 49 "Design and integration of heat pumps for nZEB" The responsible national experts are: Fabian Ochs (Unit for Energy efficient building, University of Innsbruck) Andreas Heinz (IWT Institute of thermal engineering, Graz Technical University) Philip Horn...
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Flexible, sustainable and clean. That is the necessary future for the energy systems world-wide. The focus of this issue of HPT magazine is how heat-pumping technologies can contribute to that development. The contribution comes in two forms: heating energy can shift from fossil fuels to renewable electricity, and at the...
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The IEA Technology Collaboration Programme on Heat Pumping Technologies (HPT TCP) was submitted an extension for the period 1 March 2018 to 28 February 2023 by the IEA Committee on Energy Research and Technology (CERT). In the approval, CERT states that "The HPT TCP strategy (vision, mission, objectives) are consistent with...
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