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03 Sep 2025

France has joined IEA HPT Project 65

We are happy to announce that France has now formally joined IEA HPT Project 65. We look forward to working together with the French team and learning from French projects/activities related to heat pumps in a circular economy. Contact person for the French team is Julien Ballou julien.ballou@cetiat.fr

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20 Jun 2025

Open deep dive session: ‘Heat pump circularity in practice: From take-back to remanufacture with Grundfos and Nibe'

You are invited to an open online session featuring innovative activities under the IEA Project 65: Heat Pumps in a Circular Economy. This session will include practical examples of circularity in domestic heat pumps through two expert presentations. Grundfos will share their work on their take back system, which collects...

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19 May 2025

IEA Project 65 Study Tour: Insights from Stena Nordic Recycling Center

The Danish project group recently visited the Stena Nordic Recycling Center in Halmstad, Sweden. The center is one of Europe’s leading recycling facilities, designed to handle even the most complex products in a safe and efficient way on an industrial scale. Stena Nordic Recycling Center began operations in 2016 and...

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08 May 2025

The Viessmann 'Decarbonising heat - through out value chains' presentation is now available on YouTube

The video recording of Viessmann’s presentation on the CE-RISE project is now available on YouTube. The video can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/vke-TrRjG7o In this presentation, Jahanzeb Tariq from Viessmann explains how the CE-RISE project addresses circular economy aspects in the domestic heat pump sector. Key topics include a full evaluation...

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24 Mar 2025

IEA HPT Project 65 Task Report 1 Released: Exploring Circular Economy Principles in Heat Pump Design

The IEA HPT Project 65 has published its Task 1 Report, focusing on the integration of circular economy principles into the domestic heat pump industry. This report is a collaborative effort involving participants from Denmark, Germany, and Italy, aimed at addressing the challenges and opportunities presented by the transition to...

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10 Feb 2025

Open deep dive session: Enabling HVAC Circularity with the CE-RISE Project

You are invited to an open online deep dive session, organized under the framework of the IEA Project 65: Heat Pumps in a Circular Economy. During this session, some of the activities and findings from the CE-RISE project will be shared. The session will be presented by Jahanzeb Tariq from...

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21 Oct 2024

Heat pumps and circularity on the agenda at Chillventa Congress 2024

At the recent Chillventa Congress in Nuremberg, the integration of circular economy principles in heat pumping technologies took the stage, with a series of presentations highlighting the importance of this transition within the industry. Jakob Thomsen from the Danish Technological Institute (DTI) opened the session with a presentation on the...

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09 Jul 2024

Resource efficiency now included in German energy research program

The German Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK) has recently integrated resource efficiency into its new energy research program, emphasizing the importance of sustainable resource utilization in the transition to a climate-neutral energy system. The energy research program focuses on a number of energy technologies including heat pumps. The new...

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15 Apr 2024

European Environment Agency encourages Europe to accelerate the circular economy transition

The state and outlook report on circular economy from the European Environment Agency states that Europe is far from reaching the 2030 targets and the current circularity rate is only 11.5 percent. The transition to a circular economy will most likely influence product life phases such as manufacturing, product design,...

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25 Mar 2024

Italy has joined Annex 65

We are happy to announce that Italy has now formally joined IEA HPT Annex 65. We say welcome to our new participating country and look forward to working together and learning from Italian projects/activities related to heat pumps in a circular economy. Contact person for the Italian team is Marco...

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News from Project 65

France has joined IEA HPT Project 65

Open deep dive session: ‘Heat pump circularity in practice: From take-back to remanufacture with Grundfos and Nibe'

IEA Project 65 Study Tour: Insights from Stena Nordic Recycling Center

The Viessmann 'Decarbonising heat - through out value chains' presentation is now available on YouTube

IEA HPT Project 65 Task Report 1 Released: Exploring Circular Economy Principles in Heat Pump Design

Open deep dive session: Enabling HVAC Circularity with the CE-RISE Project

Heat pumps and circularity on the agenda at Chillventa Congress 2024

Resource efficiency now included in German energy research program

European Environment Agency encourages Europe to accelerate the circular economy transition

Italy has joined Annex 65