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The 15th IEA Heat Pump Conference in Vienna was the largest in the series' 40-plus-year history, with 812 participants over four days. All 367 peer-reviewed papers are now openly accessible in the HPT TCP database alongside earlier conference publications.
The IEA's 29 October 2026 webinars on its Heat Pump Monitor found that the post-Hormuz energy shock is producing a more measured heat pump market response than the 2022 spike, but with energy resilience now a permanent adoption driver. Panelists from Europe, Asia, and the Americas stressed that policy consistency, skilled installer availability, and the convergence of heating and cooling demand are the decisive factors for sustained growth.
The IEA HPT TCP National Experts' Meeting on 27 October 2026 drew 127 registrants from 27 countries to review six new international collaboration proposals covering residential scaling, hydrogen integration, natural-refrigerant cooling, waste-energy recovery, circularity, and refrigerant safety. Decisions on the projects will be taken at the Executive Committee meeting in Pisa, 17–19 November 2026.
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