Nine states in America have signed an agreement to increase heat pump sales and accelerate the transition to pollution-free buildings.
Tag: heat pumps
US$10M prize for heat pump solutions
A US consortium is offering a prize pool of USD $10 million (AUD $15.2 million) for HVAC&R innovators to solve a New York dilemma.
Promising signs for electrocaloric heat pump
Scientists have created a prototype of a heat pump from a ceramic with a strong electrocaloric effect. It uses the ceramic and electric fields to heat up when exposed to electric fields – and has the potential to replace a standard heat pump, which uses refrigerants. The team, from the Luxembourg Institute of Science and […]
Panasonic partners with Reclaim Energy to launch CO2 hot water heat pump
Panasonic Australia and Reclaim Energy have announced a partnership to launch a CO2 hot water heat pump solution
Heat pump tour at Hardwick’s
The Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity (A2EP) is holding a bus tour on Wednesday, November 29 in Kyneton, Victoria to visit some commercial and industrial heat pump installations. The tour will showcase how heat pump technology efficiently supplies heating and cooling services for a range of applications. Hosted by A2EP CEO Jarrod Leak, the tour […]
Carel issues white paper on heat pump market
A new white paper from controls specialist Carel examines the opportunities and challenges in the burgeoning heat pump market. Carel notes that heat pumps have grown in popularity in recent years, especially as fossil fuel boilers are phased out. The white paper analyses the technologies and trends that have emerged, as well as the regulations […]
If heat pumps aren’t an HFC quota issue, what is?
The recent report on heat pumps released by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) looked to answer an important question. Would the increased uptake of heat pumps as a result of electrification jeopardise Australia’s HFC phase-down target? The answer it gave was a solid “no”. But although the report may […]
Heat pumps unlikely to blow our HFC budget
The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) has released a new report from the Expert Group that analyses how increased heat pump deployment in Australia could impact our goals to phase down HFC refrigerants. The report finds that although heat pump use will rise significantly, there will not be an increase […]
Melbourne brewery completes heat pump upgrade
Melbourne brewer 3 Ravens has completed an award-winning energy upgrade to its Thornbury brewing facility that will enable it to ramp up production by up to four times current levels without increasing its energy consumption. In addition to upgrading the building fabric and installing 74kW of solar panels and a “cool roof”, the brewery has installed a […]
Site tour of heat pump installations
The Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity (A2EP) is running site tours of commercial heat pump installations in Melbourne on Tuesday, August 1. The one-day tour will include visits to a commercial office building and a brewery to see the different commercial heat pumps installed and operating. The tour will also visit Automatic Heating’s training facility […]