News

Nov. 02, 2010 -  This publication of the German Energy Agency lists existing grant programmes for renewable heating technologies (wood energy, solar heating, heat pumps) of the EU-Member States in compact tabular form. It provides valuable...
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Oct. 27, 2010 -  Requests for real data on heat pump performance is increasing. The Belgian company thercon has now put the results of an online monitoring for 6 units online. Fraunhofer is currently providing anonymised data for 8 of its...
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Oct. 18, 2010 -  The GROUND-MED project consortium will present initial results on state-of-the-art heat pump research in a meeting in Brussels.  GROUND-MED focusses on achieving a measured seasonal performance (SPF) higher than...
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Oct. 13, 2010 -  From 27-28 September, ATMOsphere 2010 - the international workshop on natural refrigerants, gathered in Brussels 170 policy and industry experts in the field of natural refrigerants in order to elaborate ideas on HOW to bring...
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Sep. 27, 2010 -  The most recent version of the newsletter explains the need for field measurements on heat pump system and gives an update on projects currently covering this field.
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Sep. 27, 2010 -  As the trend towards reduced refrigerant charges continues, a project within the IEA Heat Pump Programme has put together a report on possible options for compact heat exchangers, used as evaporators, condensers and in other...
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Sep. 22, 2010 -  98% of Danish homeowners who have installed a heat pump were satisfied with their heat pump equipment, their installation and the heating cost savings they realised, according to a report by the Danish Energy Agency on the Danish...
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Sep. 17, 2010 -  Results have been published from the UK’s largest field trial monitoring 83 heat pumps installed in UK homes. The trial has been undertaken to determine the key factors that impact the performance of domestic heat pumps.
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Sep. 13, 2010 -  SummitSkills, the Sector Skills Council for the building services engineering sector, is offering funding to sector employers in England that will cover 50% of their costs for training on environmental technologies such as the...
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Sep. 07, 2010 -  Claeys & Casteels in association with the EUI Florence School of Regulation have published "The EU Energy Law & Policy Handbook 2010 - The Priorities of the New Commission". It is based on the contributions and debates of the 5th...
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