DKV International Heat Pump Symposium

cess in Nuremberg –
Heat Pump Symposium
at the 1st Nuremberg Forum
The International Heat Pump Symposium
organized by DKV offered 200 experts
from eleven countries an outstanding
platform for information, trends and
exchanging views. The “1st Nuremberg
Forum” under the motto of “Possibilities
and limits of heat pumps in existing
private and commercial buildings” took
place in the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg
from 18 – 19 September.
The some 200 participants from industry, business, associations and
research institutes highly praised the German Refrigeration and Air
Conditioning Society (DKV), Dr.-Ing. Rainer Jakobs as organizer of the
symposium and the main sponsor Chillventa/NürnbergMesse for the
successful symposium in the attractive ambience of the CongressCenter
Nürnberg. On the two days of the event, 24 international speakers
offered an impressive survey and outlook of markets, technologies
and potentials of heat pumps for cutting the primary energy requirement
of heating systems. The presentations and statements by the
experts also provided an opportunity for stimulating and intensive
discussions in large and small groups.
The first day focused on abstract presentations on heat pump markets
and developments in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, France
and China. Here it became clear that the sales figures for heat pumps
in these countries are rising steeply in some cases. At the same time,
there are considerable national differences in the use of heat pumps,
especially regarding the use of air, ground or water as heat sources
and the installation of heat pumps in new and existing buildings.
The speakers also showed that the positive market development of
the heat pump in individual countries is often closely associated with
official support and incentive programmes. Supplementary information
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