Heat Pump Decision Support Tools
Closing the knowledge gaps preventing heat pump deployment
Many analyses, including the Renewable Thermal Vision Report, identify electric heat pumps as a critical opportunity to decarbonize low-temperature industrial heat generation, which accounts for 29% of total U.S. industrial thermal emissions.
Heat pumps have garnered attention for their ability to utilize heat from ambient (air, water, ground) or waste heat sources, allowing companies to eliminate pollution from fossil fuel combustion and decrease energy costs across a range of geographies and industrial applications. However, while engineers widely understand heat pumps’ use for space heating and acknowledge its potential for industrial processes, many lack the time and resources to undertake the preliminary studies necessary for implementation.
Decision Support Tools
- An Initial Screening Tool;
- A high-level Feasibility Tool to perform initial technical and commercial viability assessments.
- A Supplier Database detailing heat pump suppliers by geography and service offerings.
The concept driving the tools arose from a working group of industrial energy buyers convened by the RTC to address the barriers challenging their renewable transition. Participate in future collaborations accelerating renewable thermal technology deployment, join the RTC. To learn more about our work on beneficial electrification, click here.
Download the RTC Heat Pump Decision Support Tools
Additions to the Tools
If you would like to have case studies from your company’s use of industrial heat pumps added to the Initial Screening Tool, fill out this form. To have heat pumps manufactured by your company included in the Supplier Database, fill out this form. Email oren@dgardiner.com with questions.
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