Workshop on Heat Pumps attracted considerable interest from industry and energy professionals- Full proceedings and video now available

The half day workshop on Heat Pumps which the Institute organised on April 2 proved a great success judging from the number of speakers and attendees and the depth of analysis and the excellent quality of market reports. This special event which was primarily addressed to engineers,architects and energy policy planners evaluated the progress achieved so far in the use of heat pumps in buildings with special emphasis on applications in Greece and SE Europe. Furthermore the workshop evaluated the strategies for leveraging heat pump technology as part of the broader effort to improve the energy efficiency of buildings.

As part of the workshop, IENE presented the results of its latest study titled “Heat Pumps and Applications in Buildings: Challenges and Prospects.” authored by Costas Theofylaktos Chairman of the Institute’s Energy Efficiency Committee. This new study ( https://lnkd.in/d5cshUKE ) is based on latest data and market assessments of heat pumps installations in Europe and Greece.

Latest research on Heat Pumps was presented by Prof. Konstantinos Mathioudakis, Director of Thermal Turbines Laboratory, School of Mechanical Engineering, NTUA and by Dr. Irene Koronaki, Professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering, NTUA, Director of Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics & Refrigeration Technology of Refrigerated Vehicles.

Contributors from international organizations included Mr. Rafael Martinez-Gordon, Energy Analyst Buildings, from the IEA in Paris and Ms. Melanie Auvray, Head of Supply Chain & Competitiveness from the European Heat Pump Association AISBL, Brussels, Belgium.

The Workshop hosted several industry representatives including Mr. Antonis Komninos, Sales Engineer, Product Champion Chillers, Dry coolers , AHI CARRIER SEE SA, Athens, Mr. Christos Gekas, Mechanical Engineer, Technical Support Manager, LG Electronics Hellas Business Solutions, Mr. Theodoros Venetis, Mechanical Engineer, MSc, Managing Director, Trane Technologies, TRANE HELLAS and Mr. Thanassis Kalomiris, Mechanical Engineer, Head Domestic Heat Pumps, Daikin Altherma, Athens.

All presentations and the video from the Workshop can be found here (https://www.iene.eu/en/congress/78/IENE-Workshop-Heat-Pumps-and-Energy-Transition?p=415 )

The Workshop was sponsored by Companies EnSCo (www.ensco.eu) and AHI Carrier (https://ahi-carrier.gr/).