National contributions to IEA HPP Annex 32

The table gives an overview of the national contributions

	Project	Task 1	Task 2	Task 3	Task 4
AT	Development Brine-to-water CO2 heat pump	System survey	System analysis, Definition of prototype system, EES and TRNSYS simulations	Lab - testing of prototype	Results of Lab - testing of prototype
CA	Low energy houses in the Canadian cold climate - optimum design and field testing	Low energy houses: market, technologies and best practices in Canada	Building and HVAC system assessment of EQUILIBRIUM low energy houses	Building and HVAC system design/layout and one year field testing of the first EQUILIBRIUM low energy house. Interim report	Building and HVAC system design/layout and one year field testing of the second EQUILIBRIUM low energy house. Design guidelines. Final report including both low energy houses
CH	Standard systems for heating and cooling with heat pumps	System survey	System assessment simulation	Field test of 2 pilot plants	Design guidelines for standard system solutions
DE	Field testing "Heat pump efficiency"	Market overview of compact units/ passive houses	To be decided	Field testing of 100 units in low energy houses Fieldt testing of 100 retrofit heat pumps in standard buildings	Evaluation of the results of the field testing Product/system optimisation
FR	Economical air-to-air heat pump solutions for low energy houses	Low energy houses: market, building technologies and regulations in France	Comparison of system solutions for typical French low energy houses according to the BBC label	Prototyping and field test of air-to-air heat pump solutions	Documentation of results, best practice systems
JP	Future heat pump for Japan	System and demand survey	Evaluation and design of systems for moderate climate zone	Two field tests of Best practice systems for the cold climate zone	To be specified
NL	Market development for low energy system layouts incl. heat pumps	State-of-the-art review of passive houses in the Netherlands Systems/functions Stakeholder involvement	Evaluation of existing systems Investigation of systems with ECN Evaluation of EPC calculation model Simulation models of TNO	Monitoring System Structure of the building process (Incl. Interviews)	Design handbook in form of a Matrix Tools for Architects
NO	Heat pump systems for Norwegian low energy houses	System survey	Evaluation of application of compact units in Norway (cold climate)	Field test of novel layout of water-to-water heat pump with propane refrigerant installed in passive house	Best practice
SE	Develop heat pump systems for low energy houses	System survey Market of heat pumps in Sweden Evalution of existing field testing on existing systems	Product development Theoretical concepts Lab.-Testing/ prototyping of unit/system concepts	Lab.-Testing/ prototyping of unit/system concepts Field testing of 1-2 systems	Results of developed low energy systems
US	Development of highly integrated multifunctional heat pump for Net Zero Energy houses (NZEH)	Survey of NZEH building market/systems Dec 2006 Data on ground coupling with selective water sorbent (SWS)	Simulation of NZEH house HVAC load CIHP optimised design Market survey	Initiate field testing in NZEH Result of field testing	to be decided

last updated: 4.2.2009