Jan RosenowFeb 17, 2024

Many people still believe that heat pump technology is a recent innovation and therefore unproven.

The truth is that heat pump technology has been established for almost 170 years.

The first heat pump as we know it today was built by Peter von Rittinger in 1856.

Show threadRenkeSiems
@janrosenow The town house in Zürich got its heat pump in 1938.
https://www.nzz.ch/zuerich/zuerich-wie-die-waermepumpe-in-zuerich-entwickelt-wurde-ld.1656452
Zürich: Wie die Wärmepumpe in Zürich entwickelt wurde

Unabhängig vom Ausgang der Abstimmung am Sonntag über das Energiegesetz kommt Wärmepumpen für den Klimaschutz eine entscheidende Bedeutung zu. Eine der ältesten Anlagen befindet sich in der Stadt Zürich.

Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Feb 17, 2024 at 9:52amWeb
Show threadSepia FanFeb 17, 2024
@RenkeSiems @janrosenow
And at the end of this article is a link to a free download of publication "History of Heat Pumps - Swiss Contributions and International Milestones" by Martin Zogg
Avaliable in German and English.
The summary highlights "Although there is a fairly comprehensive natural gas distribution grid, 75% of the new single-family homes built in #Switzerland are currently heated by heat pumps." 🙌
https://www.aramis.admin.ch/Texte/?ProjectID=45262
#Wärmepumpe #Heatpump #EndFossil #ENDFossilFuelUse
History of Heat Pumping Technologies in Switzerland - Texte