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| European heat pump industry meets in LinzJun. 03, 2009 - At the European Heat Pump Association General Assembly on 19 May, members from 21 countries were invited to share latest progress in their attempt to establish heat pumps as a widely recognised technology in heating and cooling applications. Three major policy initiatives could shape the future of heat pumps in the EU. Meeting in Linz on 19 May, European heat pump and component manufacturers, associations, research institutes and consultancies discussed achievements for heat pump technology in the EU over the last months. A sense of urgency was felt when the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) called for even a stronger involvement on the side of their members to drive the market uptake of heat pumps in certain EU Member States. Over the past two years, EHPA has been an active player in creating a quality label for heat pumps, shaping guidelines for a more efficient installer education within the EUCERT programme, and compiling the most complete heat pump statistics for EU countries available today. Issues raised during the day included achievements but also upcoming challenges at the political level, a better coordination of efforts to harmonise the EHPA quality label with existing EU and national labels, and a call for action to join various working groups rewriting existing technical standards and creating new calculation methods to define the performance of heat pumps. Source: R744.com | |
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