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GERMANY: A new heating system is an investment with a long-term effect. However, recent market discussions regarding the Heating Act have been biased towards the purchase of equipment and thus the heat pump has been presented as a cost factor. But if you think further, you can come to a different conclusion.

GERMANY: A new recent survey of German plumbing, heating and air conditioning installers has shown that heat pumps will account for around 26% of their business in 2022.

Germany: In a joint project, the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, the Karlsruher Institute of Technology KIT, and the Inatech Institute for Technical Systems for Sustainable Development at the University of Freiburg, together with the housing industry, the heating and ventilation industry and energy suppliers, investigated the use of thermal systems.

GERMANY: After weeks of negotiations, the German parliament has approved a law to replace fossil fuel heating systems.

Austria: The heat pump market is experiencing a real boom: sales of these heating solutions in the country unexpectedly increased by more than 40% in the first half of 2023 compared to the previous year.

GERMANY: One alternative to climate-friendly heating is heat pumps. Some heat pump homeowners are not convinced or feel that their own home is unsuitable for heat pump applications. 

The general consensus is that the deployment of heat pumps is a key approach to achieving decarbonization goals. However, there is a huge gap in terms of market penetration of heat pumps worldwide.

According to a new report, Sweden, the UK and Norway will experience the largest relative increase in the number of days requiring cooling intervention if global warming exceeds 1.5ºC.