The fourth European Heat Pump Summit – the meeting place for the international heat pump sector – will take place in Nuremberg on 20 and 21 October 2015.
Its aim is to foster professional dialogue on current developments, research results and trends in heat pumps. The event also presents information specifically about the European heat pump market.
The European Heat Pump Summit concentrates on diversity and in-depth expertise. Some of the main topics to be explored by this year's event include current market data and developments in the various countries as well as the challenges presented by the prevailing European energy policy. The summit will also look at the significance for the heat pump industry of German and other European laws and regulations such as the Eco-Design Directive.
With its wide range of topics, the European Heat Pump Summit creates a bridge from the present to the future of the heat pump. One highlight will be a series of lectures presenting the latest results from the ongoing research initiative of the International Energy Agency’s Heat Pump Programme (IEA-HPP).
The symposium will provide congress delegates with practical knowhow and comprehensive technical information on component development, the combination of heat pumps with solar to support the smart electricity grids of the future and for nZEB (net zero energy) buildings, heat pump test rigs and heat pump certification.
The wide-ranging programme will also cover hybrid use, i.e. the simultaneous use of the system’s hot and cold sides and the combination of heat pump with gas boiler.
International heat pump experts have already submitted a large number of abstracts on the following topics:
Potential for heat pumps in various markets
Challenges due to European regulations
Components and product development (compressors, fans, heat exchangers, controls, refrigerants)
Heat pumps for commercial and industrial application and use of waste heat
Heat pump application in nZEB
Large scale absorption heat pumps for e.g. district heating applications
Solar thermal and heat pumps in combination
Fuel driven heat pumps
Heat pump testing and certification
Innovative systems and outlook on the future
The Call for Presentations with a detailed overview of the topics is available online at: www.hp-summit.de/symposium