Qvantum awarded at The British Renewable Energy Awards
Swedish heat pump company Qvantum has received its second international award for innovative technology. At a gala in London Friday night Qvantum was named “Highly commended” for the Innovation Award at The British Renewable Energy Awards.
Qvantum CCO Jesper Jarnhäll with the award winning apartment heat pump (Photo: Johan Marklund)
The British Renewable Energy Awards is by far the most prestigious clean tech event in the UK. It is hosted by REA (The Association for Renewable Energy & Clean Technology) which has more than 500 member companies and works closely with legislators in the UK.
Qvantum in Sweden was awarded for its newly developed, ultra-compact 6 kW heat pump for apartment use. The apartment heat pump is so small that it can fit under a kitchen sink and is meant to be used in connection with low-temperature grids. It can provide both heating, hot water, and cooling, and it provides more than 4 kWh of heating for every kWh of energy put in.
– We first showed the apartment heat pump at the ISH Show in Germany in March, and it has already been given two international innovation awards, says Qvantum CCO Jesper Jarnhäll.
– Being recognized by REA is fantastic as we have only just set up our Qvantum UK operation –by joining forces with Hybrid Energy Storage in Leicester.
Hybrid Energy Storage was involved in another award the same night as the company designed the geothermal energy concept for “Birmingham Children's and Women's NHS Foundation Trust”. The hospitals have a geothermal heating system that made them Highly Commended for the Pioneer Award.
Heat pumps for sustainable cities
The idea behind the apartment heat pump is to make fossil-free heating available also for people in apartments. The heat pump can easily replace gas boilers and help in both cost-cutting and reduction of NOX and CO2 emissions.
– Our goal is to change the way the cities of Europe are heated. It’s time we stop burning things.
Qvantum is based in Sweden, where heat pumps heat an absolute majority of all private homes. Resulting in a 95 % reduction of CO2 emissions from heating in just 20 years.
The company was founded 30 years ago and has a history of manufacturing bespoke heat pumps for very demanding applications. Two years ago it underwent a transition and is now aiming to become a European leader in the decarbonization of cities.
Qvantum received some €42 million from investors in January and opens up large scale production in Sweden in early autumn.
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Press contact:
Jesper Jarnhäll
CCO
+ 46 70-300 26 38
jesper.jarnhall@qvantum.com
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Qvantum has developed and produced high-quality heat pumps and energy systems since 1993 and has a team of leading experts designing the next generation (5th) district heating and cooling solutions. Qvantum provides heat pumps and a unique software suite that will make it easier for Engineering consultants, Installers, Project developers and Utilities, to decarbonize the heating and cooling of urban areas and cities. Qvantum is headquartered in Limhamn, Sweden, and is now rapidly scaling up from its current 70 employees. Sweden is a country where the cold climate has always made heating a vital topic. Since 1990 heat pumps have all but taken over the heating of private homes in the country, reducing CO2 emissions from fossil fuel heating by 95 %! Sweden likely has the highest concentration of heat-pump engineers in the world today, and our work is based on decades of experience in the field. Qvantum has subsidiaries in the UK and Germany.
