{"id":26,"date":"2025-08-25T14:01:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T14:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heatpumpingtechnologies.org\/projectdemo\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2026-02-26T08:19:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T08:19:28","slug":"about-the-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/heatpumpingtechnologies.org\/project69\/about-the-project\/","title":{"rendered":"About the project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"container container--no-margin\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Background<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"container container--no-margin\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph \">Today, many private homes in temperate zones are heated by fossil fuels, and cooling demand is expected to rise in warmer climates. To phase out fossil fuels and meet this growing demand, a large number of heat pumps and air conditioning units will need to be deployed. 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