Swedish warmth pump maker Qvantum has debuted an award-winning condo warmth pump that’s so compact, it could match beneath a kitchen sink.

Limhamn, Sweden-based Qvantum’s new QG condo warmth pump, which presents built-in heating, cooling, and scorching water in a single system, was awarded the German ISH Design Plus 2023 award this month. The Design Plus award is given to “future-proof merchandise” that show “sustainability, aesthetic attraction, and performance.”

The 6 kW warmth pump is modular, so it’s simple to put in and repair. Its dimensions are 230 mm x 430 mm x 410 mm (9 in x 17 in x 16 in), and it weighs 30 kg (66 lbs).

The pre-plumbed indoor water tank unit may be held on a wall wherever within the condo. Its dimensions are 500 mm x 500 mm x 1,050 mm (19.7 in x 19.7 in x 41 in) and weighs 95 kg (209 lbs). It has a capability of 145 liters (38 gallons).

Qvantum’s condo warmth pump relies on native low-temperature district heating networks with centrally positioned warmth pumps. The networks have a water temperature of round 10-20C (50-68F). The power in that grid is utilized by the condo warmth pumps to offer heating and cooling. The corporate says its condo warmth pump can produce scorching water as much as 70C (158F).

Extra warmth and chilly is harvested alongside the circuit, and the power is recycled to the grid. The idea is named fifth-generation district heating, and it saves round 80% of power in comparison with gasoline heating. It’s additionally internet zero if renewable electrical energy is used.

Qvantum CEO Fredrik Rosenqvist explains:

Nearly all of all residences in Europe are heated by small gasoline burners which can be put in in every condo.

We change the gasoline burners with low-temperature native district heating networks which can be then mixed with these compact warmth pumps. Our answer makes it doable for European constructing homeowners to quickly swap to fossil-free heating, each in new and outdated developments.

Qvantum is constructing a brand new manufacturing unit to fulfill demand, and it’ll have a manufacturing capability of round 50,000 warmth pumps per 12 months, however the firm doesn’t point out when its manufacturing unit can be up and operating.

In 2023, the 30-year-old firm raised €42 million from buyers in a B-round. Moreover the condo warmth pump, Qvantum additionally sells exhaust air, geothermal, and air-to-water warmth pumps that vary from 4 to 192 kilowatts.

Learn extra: The warmth pump market will greater than double to $13B in chilly climates by 2031

Photograph: Johan Marklund for Qvantum

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