The Task aims at optimizing combinations of solar thermal energy and heat pump, primarily for one family houses.
The following items are in focus:
- Small-scale residential heating and hot water systems that use heat pumps and any type of solar thermal collectors as the main components.
- Systems offered as one product from a system supplier/manufacturer and that are installed by an installer.
- Electrically driven heat pumps, but during the development of performance assessment methods thermally driven heat pumps will not be excluded.
- Market available solutions and advanced solutions (produced during the course of the Task).
The Operating Agent of the IEA-SHC Task 44 on Solar and Heat Pump Systems is responsible for the overall management of this international collaborative R+D project.
http://task44.iea-shc.org/
