Half of Europe’s energy consumption is used for heating or cooling. However, in 2019, 58 % of the 105.7 million space heaters installed in EU-27 (that were > 61 million units) have been inefficient non-condensing oil and gas boilers. In order to achieve climate neutrality, the decarbonisation of the space heating and cooling in residential sector is therefore essential.
Post date: 15 Mar 2023
Type: Event
The TRI-HP project has just ended but the dissemination of the results is continuing! They have published three factsheets which aim to provide an overview of the innovative aspects of In the technology developed in the project. In particular, the factsheets inform about:
Post date: 9 Mar 2023
Type: News
British Gas aims at replacing gas boilers with heat pumps, adding also that it will price match any offer by a rival company for accredited installations. This "price war" among suppliers can help bring down the costs of heat pump installations which are heavily affecting households.
Post date: 8 Feb 2023
Type: News
Electrically-driven heat pumps represent a solution to dramatically improve the efficiency of energy use for space and water heating.
Post date: 26 Jan 2023
Type: Publication
According to Finnish Heat Pump Association SULPU statistics, Finland has seen in 2022 an increase by 50% of selling of heat pumps. In particular, the number of air-to-air heat pumps was 160,000, whereas the number of air-to-water heat pumps sold was 19,000 but with an increase by almost 60%.
Post date: 17 Jan 2023
Type: News
Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy and a group of heat pump manufacturers have started a project to replace gas and oil in multi-family homes with propane heat pumps. This type of heat pump will include low-charge propane (R290) as the refrigerant. In fact, propane has become a recognised refrigerant for the heat pump industry and is widely used in outdoors heat pumps.
Post date: 13 Jan 2023
Type: News
"Fjernvarme" (remote heat) is the name for district heating in Norway. It's a system where heat is produced centrally and distributed to buildings via a network of pipes, usually transported in the form of hot water. It represents one of the cheapest ways to heat your home, and it is indeed well-liked in Norway for many reasons.
Post date: 13 Jan 2023
Type: News
Investments in heat pumps in the US are becoming more and more appealing to customers who see their benefits in reducing energy consumption and thus energy bills. The deployment of heat pumps also help to reduce carbon emissions, thus reaching the climate and decarbonisation targets.
Post date: 13 Jan 2023
Type: News
IRENA has published a report for policymakers on how to design effective renewable energy targets in order to respond to the climate and energy security goals, making also energy more affordable. The recent geopolitical and climate-related events have deteriorated even more the previous situation.
Post date: 13 Jan 2023
Type: Publication
The webinar will present two projects that explore technological solutions for heating/cooling coupled with renewables (SunHorizon and HAPPENING) and two projects that explore aspects of energy/thermal energy storage (
Post date: 11 Jan 2023
Type: Event