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The WSED conference adresses policies, innovation and business in specialised conferences and interactive events. It connects people from business, the public sector and research and empowers them to embrace the change. 

Compressors from Viking Heat Engines and Bitzer – specially engineered to reach up to 160 °C – have been delivered to an experienced Austrian heat pump manufacturer and work is underway to build the first industrial, high-temperature heat pump systems to be installed at DryFiciency’s demo partner sites.

Leading industry experts belonging to the heat pump, installation and energy sector from all over Europe gathered at Fuchs Schmierstoffe in Mannheim with partners of the DryFiciency project on 5 December 2018.  In their role of the External Expert Advisory Board (EEAB) to DryFiciency consortium, they presented and discussed the latest trends and developments for improved energy efficiency in the industrial drying market segments. 

The #DecarbIndustry webinar took place on 29 November 2018. It was attended by 60 people who raised interesting questions and brought fruitful discussions. The webinar aimed at promoting the best examples and European projects in which is involved. The goal is to share knowledge of the best innovative application of heat humps in the industrial sector and promoting their replicability across Europe, stepping towards the decarbonisation path.

The DKV conference, one of the main conferences for the refrigeration and heating industry in the DACH region, was visited by 615 people from Europe, Australia, Brazil and the United States. The two research organisations within DryFiciency, AIT and SINTEF, were invited to present findings from the DryFiciency project. The presentations attracted interest and are available for download at the bottom of this article.