IEA HPT ANNEX 60

The IEA HPT Annex 60 of the International Energy Agency (IEA) aims to identify and remove market barriers to the use of heat pump systems in the context of partial refurbishment of large non-residential buildings with complex HVAC systems.

Specifically, the following objectives are being pursued:

• Provide evidence of the practical feasibility and satisfactory operation of installed heat pump systems in large non-residential buildings, including insights into the decisions that led to the selection of HVAC systems;
• Developing easy-to-use, easily accessible recommendations based on the selected system components for the specific conditions, providing references and summarising the relative strengths of each system option.

The national annex project focuses specifically on the following types of non-residential buildings: industrial buildings, hospitals, shopping centres and educational facilities (kindergartens, schools, universities) as well as museums.

Experience and knowledge from successfully implemented large reference projects with heat pump solutions for heating and cooling (partially) refurbished non-residential buildings are collected in a structured manner, in particular in the course of expert interviews and the analysis of information and data from literature and real operation, and evaluated techno-economically with regard to the reasons for the selection of system components and their relative advantages and disadvantages.

The findings are summarised in easy-to-use, easily accessible recommendations in the form of a guide to help decision-makers find solutions and identify options that serve as a basis for further, more detailed considerations.

The new knowledge is disseminated to the relevant target groups primarily in the form of articles on websites, in newsletters and as presentations at target group-specific events.
 

IEA HPT Annex 60 Guideline
Analysing the potential for heat pump systems in non-residential buildings and identifying suitable heat pump solutions.

Participating countries

Italy, Austria, UK (lead).

Contact

Thomas Natiesta
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
Giefinggasse 2, 1210 Vienna
E-mail: thomas.natiesta@ait.ac.at

Michaela Penn
Austrian Energy Agency
Mariahilfer Straße 136, 1150 Vienna
E-mail: michaela.penn(at)energyagency.at

Siegfried Thurner (formerly: Kopatsch)
Heat Pump Austria, Bockgasse 2a, 4020 Linz
E-mail: thurner(at)waermepumpe-austria.at

 

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Client	BMK / FFG
Project management	Michaela Penn
Projectteam	Franziska Zimmer Franz Zach
Project duration	December 2022 to December 2025