By Sabine Lobnig, May 19, 2011, 13:13 • 5 minute reading
A new International Energy Agency (IEA) roadmap for heating and cooling systems underlines the importance of heat pumps in the transformation of the buildings sector towards a low carbon future, envisaging 3,500 million installed heat pumps in the residential sector worldwide by 2050. Further R&D is required to reduce costs and develop new products, while heat pump systems integrated with thermal energy storage will become the norm.
Action area | Milestones |
R&D into more efficient components and systems for heat pumps for heating and cooling applications, as well as to reduce first-costs for heat pumps for heating and cooling. | 20% improvement in COPs by 2020; 50% by 2030 15% reduction in costs by 2020; 25% improvement by 2030 |
More efficient integrated heat pump systems (capable of simultaneous space/water heating and cooling) capable of meeting needs of low- energy buildings and interfacing with smart grids/home energy management systems. | Begin deployment in 2015, widespread deployment from 2020 |
Efficient low-temperature space heating systems and high-temperature space cooling systems integrated with heat pumps. | All new buildings capable of accepting low-temperature heating/high-temperature cooling by 2020 in OECD |
Development of hybrid heat pump systems (e.g. with solar thermal) with very high efficiency and CO2 savings | Widespread deployment from 2020-25 |
May 19, 2011, 13:13
May 19, 2011, 13:13
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