The Italian heat pump market is one of the largest in Europe. And it keeps growing. In recent years it has increased dramatically: with 23 % in 2015 and 46 % in 2016. As many as 97 % of the heat pumps use air as their energy source and the...
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On January 12, HPT Annex 54 (Heat pump systems with low GWP refrigerants) held their initial kick-off meeting at the Ashrae conference in Atlanta, GA USA. The event attracted representatives of the primary US research institutes involved as well as ANNEX participants. The meeting was arranged by University of Maryland...
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Submission system now open The abstract submission system for the 13th IEA Heat Pump Conference is now open. The abstracts will be screened by an appropriate Regional Coordinator and authors will be advised of acceptance. Deadline: the 15th of May. More information can be found on the Conference homepage or in the...
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The 12th IEA Heat Pump Conference took place in Rotterdam 2017 with over 500 participants from 34 countries. The three day conference program contained interaction between researchers, industry and market representatives, policy makers etc. Much of the presented work during the sessions were directly related to the work in past,...
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Researchers at the University of Singapore are reported to have built a refrigerator that’s just three atoms in size. Researchers have built tiny “heat engines” before, but quantum fridges existed only as proposals until the team at the Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore chilled with...
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A geothermal heat pump is a central heating and cooling system that uses earth as a source of energy. The price fluctuation in convention fuels has resulted in a demand for cost-efficient energy solutions. This has been a major factor behind the growth of this market in recent times. Geothermal...
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On January 11, HPT Annex 53 (Advanced Cooling / Refrigeration Technologies Development) held their initial kick-off meeting at the Ashrae conference in Atlanta, GA USA. The event attracted a wide range of people, mostly representatives of the primary US research institutes. The meeting was co-lead by Van Baxter, co-operating agent...
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In order to increase the use of renewable energy for heating and cooling, and accelerate innovations for solutions that are affordable for all, the project Comfort & Climate Box has been launched and is now about to start. On January 16-17 a workshop was held to finalize the workplan for...
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