The 15th IEA Heat Pump Conference brought 812 participants to Vienna at the end of May, for four days of presentations, workshops and policy forums. It was the largest conference in the forty plus year history of the series, with 367 scientific contributions selected from a review process in which...
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In July the European Commission (EC) officially confirmed the participation as a contracting party in the Technology Collaboration of Heat Pumping Technologies (HPT TCP). Thereby they become the 21st full member of this collaboration programme under the umbrella of IEA. This membership offers both the EC and the HPT TCP...
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Space cooling is becoming one of the fastest-growing sources of energy demand in buildings. Rising temperatures, more frequent heatwaves, growing incomes and changing expectations for indoor comfort are all increasing the need and demand for cooling across the world. This challenge was the topic of the workshop "Comfort cooling concepts...
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Market & Policy
How can the heat pump community overcome policy, market and user-related barriers to speed up deployment? This question was at the centre of the workshop “Breaking Barriers – Accelerating Heat Pump Deployment”, hosted by the Heat Pump Centre on 26 May 2026 during the 15th IEA Heat Pump Conference in...
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Demand-side electrification and heat pump rollout are pointed out as vital for the energy transition in EU in the European Commission’s recently published electrification action plan. This is a plan to make Europe the first electro-continent. For the heat pump sector, it’s a true paradigm shift. According to the plan heat pump installations should increase to 4 million per year by 2030, from 2.4...
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On 16 July 2026, the IEA HPT Project 62 team held its final webinar, drawing a line under three years of work on heat pumps for multi-family residential buildings in dense cities. Over roughly two hours, partners from across Europe presented what the project set out to answer, what the...
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Market & Policy
For 50 years, Technology Collaboration Programmes (TCPs) have played a crucial part in advancing international energy goals. The first energy shock in 1973 was one of the reasons behind the launch of the programme and today, the motivation behind this work is just as strong. In the beginning of June, representatives from all the 38...
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Events & Activities
Hydrocarbons, and propane (R-290) in particular, are on track to become the standard refrigerant across several heat pump sectors in Europe. The shift is driven by the F-Gas Regulation and REACH, and by the low global warming potential of natural refrigerants. It also brings flammability to the centre of system...
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