Comfort and Climate Box (CCB)

Completed

Renewable Energy Sources(Geothermal Energy)
Other Power and Storage Technologies(Energy storage)

Final stage Development and Demonstration

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Mechanical, Aeronautical and Manufacturing Engineering)

Not Cross-cutting
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Policy and regulation)
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Technology acceptance)

Professor NJ Hewitt
School of the Built Environment
University of Ulster

Standard

EPSRC

01 June 2020

31 August 2023

39 months

£202,577

Energy

Northern Ireland

Energy : Energy

Professor NJ Hewitt, School of the Built Environment, University of Ulster

Dr MJ Huang, School of the Built Environment, University of Ulster
Dr N Shah, School of the Built Environment, University of Ulster
Dr I I Vorushylo, School of the Built Environment, University of Ulster

The central concept in this Annex is the Comfort and Climate Box CCB. This concept denotes a combined package, consisting of a Heat Pump, an Energy Storage Module and Controls. This package may form an actual physical unit but can also consist of separate modules that form an integrated 'virtual pack-age'. A CCB should not just be a set of components that have been put together. Rather, all components of the CCB should be designed to work together in a modular fashion and should be operated under a dedicated and optimal integrated control strategy. The package solution could but will not automatically take the shape of a single physical 'box' providing all functions. Rather, the package may also consist of a set of 'modules' that have been designed to work together and are run by a dedicated and optimized control strategy as a 'virtual package'. The Comfort and Climate Box will compile a portfolio of country-specific prototype testing and demonstration projects. A description of the market status will be elaborated. Derived from this, a roadmap will establish the next steps of development and describe how to implement the CCB in the respective markets, with recommendations for market participants and policy makers on how to enhance market uptake

05/10/21