space-heating or hot water production, this study finds that micro-CHP technologies with lower power-to-heat ratios (mainly …

Flexibly coupling power and heat sectors may contribute to both renewable energy integration and decarbonization. We … temporal research scopes and identify state-of-the-art analytical model formulations, particularly concerning heat pumps and … indicates that power-to-heat technologies can cost-effectively contribute to fossil fuel substitution, renewable integration …

The reform of the Buildings Energy Act is intended to increase the share of renewable energies in the heat sector. But … the proposed measures (among which the promotion of electric heat pumps figures prominently) are ecologically ineffective … European emissions trading systems. Installing heat pumps in the building stock will require high investments and thus make any …

Ground heat is a renewable resource that is readily available for buildings in cool climates, but its relatively low … temperature requires the use of a heat pump to extract it for heating. We developed a system that uses low temperature ground heat … directly in a building wall to reduce transmission heat losses. The Active Low Exergy Geothermal Insulation Systems (ALEGIS …