Awarded Funding: $3,000,000

Critical technological challenges impact the cost and performance of decarbonized space- and water- heating solutions. This project is a multi-institution effort to develop, model, fabricate, and test different strategies for combi heat pumps (HP) with phase change material thermal energy storage (PCM TES) for multifamily residential buildings in cold climates.

Our research group will do modeling, simulation, experimental testing, and validation, to optimize component design and system operation.

In addition to this in-house investigation, students will engage with project collaborators conducting market research, lab experiments, and field demonstrations to advance this technology. 

The next phase of this project includes a field installation at a transitional home for unhoused veterans in Vermont.

Human Subjects Training may be required for students who are interested and involved in this part of the project.