On November 30, Annex “Acoustic Signature of Heat Pumps” held a webinar to present the work done during the years. The Annex has been running since 1 April 2017 and will be finalized in December 2020.
The agenda was the following:
- Welcome – Caroline Haglund Stignor (Heat Pump Centre)
- Annex 51 Overview – Christoph Reichl (AIT, Austria)
- European Legislation and Standards – Roberto Fumagalli Polimi
- Noise and seasonal variations based on interlaboratory results – Francois Bessac (CETIAT, France), Thomas Gindre (ISE,
- Effect of different heat sinks and operation modes – Kamal Arumugam (DTI, Denmark)
- Transient noise of heat pumps – Thore Oltersdorf , ISE Germany
- Heat pump installation and effects on surrounding environment – Christoph Reichl (AIT, Austria)
- Annoyance rating and psychoacoustical analysis of heat pump sound – Henrik Hellgren (RI.SE,Sweden)
- Panel Q&A of the presentations lead by Caroline Haglund Stignor (Heat Pump Centre)