In order to carry out energy efficient building retrofitting, new affordable breakthrough technologies and solutions at building and district scale are needed.
Heat4Cool proposes an innovative, efficient and cost-effective solution to optimize the integration of a set of rehabilitation systems in order to meet the net-zero energy standards. The project develops, integrates and demonstrates an easy to install and highly energy efficient solution for building retrofitting that begins from the Heat4Cool advanced decision-making tool (which addresses the building and district characteristics) and leads to the optimal solution combining:
(1) gas and solar thermally driven adsorption heat pumps, which permits the full integration with existing natural gas boilers to ensure efficient use of current equipment;
(2) solar PV assisted DC powered heat pump connected to an advanced modular PCM heat and cold storage system and
(3) energy recovery from sewage water with high performance heat exchangers.
For more information: heat4cool.eu
The other partners, participating in the project are:
Politecnico di Milano – Italy
SorTech – Germany
THERMOWATT Energy and Building Ltd. – Hungary
HYPERTECH – Greece
Fundación Tecnalia Research and Innovation – Spain
Sunamp – England
AES Solar Ltd – England
Solintel – Spain
Symelec – Spain
IZNAB – Poland
European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) – Belgium
Fachhochschule Zentralschweiz – Hochschule Luzern – Switzerland