California winery using CO2 heat pumps to meet Living Building Challenge
Silver Oak Cellars employs Mayekawa heat pumps and solar thermal heating system to achieve demanding certification.
CO2 air-to-water heat pump delivers savings at gin distillery
An air-to-water heat pump based on natural refrigerant CO2 is delivering energy savings at the Shene Estate & Distillery in Tasmania.
First all-in-one CO2 heat pump at hotel saves up to 69% energy
The first combined CO2 heat pump installed at a Scandinavian hotel delivers significant energy savings of up to 69%, heard the audience at a recent conference in Ohrid.
CO2 HVAC heat pump on show at ISH 2019
Stiebel’s air system, using a Denso CO2 heat pump, was launched in 2017.
British Columbia rebates target heat pump water heaters
Canadian province offers up to $4,000 to home installers of units, including Sanden’s CO2 models; commercial incentives also available.
Chinese manufacturer unveils new CO2 heat pump
Chinese precision-equipment manufacturer DunAn sees CO2 as “the only alternative refrigerant for commercial heat pump water heaters in the future”.
CO2 heat pumps get funding in Alaska town
Four municipal buildings in Seward will tap heat in nearby seawater for the transcritical system, saving energy.
Chinese hotel slashes energy costs with CO2 heat pumps
In one year, one hotel in China saved 1.1 million Chinese Yuan (~€138,927) in energy consumption costs by replacing its gas boilers with CO2 heat pumps for hot water.
EU heat pump sector reports four years’ continuous growth
Heat pump sales in the European Union grew by 11.2% in 2017, marking the fourth consecutive year of growth for the EU heat pump market and the third consecutive year of double-digit growth. And several markets in Europe look likely to report continued growth in 2018, according to the European Heat Pumps Association’s (EHPA) newly…
U.S. DOE finances development of CO2-based energy storage
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced last week that it had given a $3-million grant to develop a low-cost, long-duration electrical energy storage system that uses a CO2 heat pump. This was one of 10 projects selected for funding as part of a new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program called ‘Duration Addition to electricitY Storage,’…