Objective The building sector is one of the key consumers of energy in Europe today with an overall rising trend over the past 20 years. In order to achieve the current EU 20-20-20 goals or the targets set in the EU Energy Roadmap 2050, it is essential to renovate and retrofit these buildings and to replace inefficient heating systems based on fossil fuels or direct electric heating. The proposed heat pump technology offers a solution to both present and future challenges.The goal of the GreenHP project is to investigate and develop a new highly efficient heating system based on high-capacity air/water heat pumps for retrofitting multi-family houses and commercial buildings. This high power heat pump system will use an alternative refrigerant and will interact with large (renewable) energy systems, like the smart grids in particular, and integrate other renewable energy sources, like photovoltaic and solar thermal, as well as energy storage.In order to tackle the relevant scientific challenges, the consortium will employ a holistic approach covering research topics on the system integration level, heat pump unit and component level. This will representatively be done for high-capacity air/water heat pumps for retrofitting applications in cities. The technological solutions generated will reinforce the technological leadership of the European industry and strengthen the position in the increasingly strong and global competition in the market place.The integral approach of the GreenHP project requires a special consortium structure with project partners able to cooperate and exploit the project results on a common basis. The consortium, which includes Originals Equipment Manufacturers and research institutes only, will offer the Know-how on the unit design and the system integration in the public domain, available to all European Heat Pump manufacturers. By this, the GreenHP project will trigger competition to find the best solutions for the market and make a larger impact possible. The consortium is aware that this requires a strong dissemination to heat pump manufacturers but also to architects, urban planners, installers and end users.At the end of the project, a 30 kW lab scale pilot with a new unit design using alternative refrigerant and innovative components will be developed. In addition, it will be shown how this heat pump integrates into buildings and interacts with the smart electric grid. This will be the basis for many different applications for room heating and cooling as well as sanitary hot water production, as any solution between 30 kW and 100 kW will be possible. The consortium is confident that the implementation of the proposed concept will have a fundamental impact on the European Building sector by providing a new technical solution. Thus it will substantially contribute towards a sustainable European energy system. Fields of science engineering and technologymechanical engineeringthermodynamic engineeringengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energysolar energysolar thermal Programme(s) FP7-ENERGY - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Energy Topic(s) ENERGY.2012.8.1.1 - Next generation heat pump technologies Call for proposal FP7-ENERGY-2012-1-2STAGE See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator AIT AUSTRIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GMBH EU contribution € 746 492,92 Address GIEFINGGASSE 4 1210 Wien Austria See on map Region Ostösterreich Wien Wien Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Annemarie Schneeberger (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all EUROPEAN HEAT PUMP ASSOCIATION GEIE Participation ended Belgium EU contribution € 144 700,00 Address RUE D'ARLON 63-67 1000 BRUXELLES See on map Activity type Other Administrative Contact Thomas Nowak (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV Germany EU contribution € 802 794,00 Address HANSASTRASSE 27C 80686 Munchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Maximilian Steiert (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN Sweden EU contribution € 481 113,00 Address BRINELLVAGEN 8 100 44 Stockholm See on map Region Östra Sverige Stockholm Stockholms län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Linda Maanson (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HESCH SCHRODER GMBH Germany EU contribution € 328 883,33 Address BOSCHSTRASSE 8 31535 NEUSTADT See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Werner Brandis (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data EMERSON CLIMATE TECHNOLOGIES GMBH Germany EU contribution € 359 498,00 Address HOLZHAUSER STRASSE 180 13509 BERLIN See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Sandro Matic (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ZIEHL-ABEGG S.E. Germany EU contribution € 291 000,00 Address HEINZ ZIEHL STRASSE 4 74653 Kunzelsau See on map Region Baden-Württemberg Stuttgart Hohenlohekreis Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Manfred Reber (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data GRANGES FINSPÅNG AB Sweden EU contribution € 60 099,60 Address SLOTTSVAGEN 1 612 81 Finspang See on map Region Östra Sverige Östra Mellansverige Östergötlands län Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Liselotte Flemvik (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data AKG VERWALTUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH Germany EU contribution € 285 120,15 Address AM HOHLEN WEG 31 34369 HOFGEISMAR See on map Region Hessen Kassel Kassel, Landkreis Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Juliane Maehl (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data EUROPEAN HEAT PUMP ASSOCIATION Belgium EU contribution No data Address RUE D'ARLON 63-67 1000 Bruxelles / Brussel See on map Region Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad Activity type Other Administrative Contact Thomas Nowak (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data