IEA HPT Annex 50 Heat Pumps in Multi Family Buildings 2018

The aim of the project is to participate in the IEA Heat Pumping Technology Collaboration Programme Annex 50 Heat Pumps in Multi-Family Buildings for space heating and Domestic Water Heating. It is an international project with participation from Austria, France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. 

The objective of this annex is to gather information and ideas for policy makers and decision makers as well as project developers of areas with apartment houses or multifamily houses regarding possibilities and barriers for the implementation of heat pumps.

One objective is to suggest of how heat pumps can be implemented new or older apartment houses in the best way.

Today, it’s a known fact that there are high heat and efficiency losses because of the distribution system and the way the heating system is implemented in the above types of buildings. This problem also occurs when heat pumps have been implemented. That’s why system integration and analysis of the possible types of solutions are two of the primary goals of the project.

During the project, knowledge-sharing activities will be carried out to ensure that the industry is aware of possibilities and barriers regarding the implementation of heat pumps in apartment houses.