ECHODA - Energy Efficient Cooling and Heating of Domestic Appliances

ECHODA (Energy Efficient Heating and Cooling of Domestic Appliances) aims at developing innovative concepts for household appliances, for both those with cooling as well as heating demand, pushing energy efficiency and sustainability to a new level. The key system that has been identified to have the most potential therein is the refrigeration/heat pump cycle. Starting from the already very mature development status of today’s systems, top-notch research is required to reveal hidden potentials and, thus, enable significant reduction of CO2 emissions and the ecological footprint for these billionfold used products, while staying economically feasible.