From 26–29 May 2026, Vienna hosted the 15th IEA Heat Pump Conference (IEA HPC 2026), bringing together more than 800 experts from academia, industry, policy, and finance under the theme “Decarbonization through Innovation”.
The conference featured 367 technical and scientific presentations, 10 workshops, 3 policy forums, and 6 technical site visits, showcasing the key role of heat pumps in the global energy transition.
OST’s Institute for Energy Systems (IES) made a strong contribution with several conference papers and workshop presentations during the event.
- Arpagaus, C., Rosenow, J., Oxenaar, S., Rusceddu, E.: Accelerating Industrial Heat Electrification in Europe: Barriers and Policy Recommendations to Heat Pump Adoption
- Arpagaus, C.: Realized projects and what is to come with focus on success factors, Workshop WS1 - Decarbonizing Process Heating with High-Temperature Heat Pumps – from Market to Application
- Arpagaus, C., Nertinger, S., Tietz, R., Bertsch, S.S.: Market Opportunity and Product-Market Fit in High-Temperature Heat Pumps (HTHPs)
- Arpagaus, C., Bless, F., Brendel, L.P.M, Gstöhl, D., Bertsch, S.S.: Heat Pumps for Industrial Drying Processes – An Overview of Realized Case Studies
- Bernal, S.: Work in progress: Large-scale monitoring and quality assurance in Switzerland, Workshop WS6 - Optimal Residential Heat Pump Design and Operation
- Gorecki, T., Stauffer, Y., Bless, F., Bertsch, S.S.: Field demonstration of a scalable predictive energy management approach for multi-family buildings with heat pumps and PV
- Müller, T.-A., Brendel, L.P.M, Bertsch, S.S., Xu, Y., Thomas, Ch.: Developing a Semi-Empirical Model for Refrigerant Compressors Using Symbolic Regression: A Data-Driven Approach for Heat Pump Applications
- Pfeiffer, T., Arpagaus, C., Bertsch, S.S., Brendel, L.P.M., Wördemann, M., Thomas, Ch.: Transcritical high-temperature heat pump with hydrocarbon mixtures – experimental setup and model predictions
- Schimmel, H.G., Van der Pal, M., Arpagaus, C.: Performance evaluation of water as a heat pump fluid using calculations and its fundamental properties
- Sulzgruber, V., Rezucha, M., Hofmann, Ph., Ahrendts, F., Patanou, E., Bless, M., Arpagaus, C., Poelzl, M., Wilk, V.: Toward low-energy drying: Analysis of current processes and energy reduction potential utilizing heat pumps
- Widmaier, Ph., Brendel, L.P.M., Roskosch, D., Bardow, A., Casati, E.: Benchmarking and Validation of Reciprocating Piston Compressor Models for Industrial Heat Pump Design
For more information, contact: cordin.arpagaus@ost.ch
