As Austria’s largest non-university research institute, the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology pursues the vision of making innovation the driving force of Europe. Its goal is to translate research into effective innovation by building bridges between science and industry in order to actively shape the world of tomorrow.
AIT’s seven centers (Energy, Transport Technologies, Health & Bioresources, Digital Safety & Security, Vision, Automation & Control, Technology Experience, Innovation Systems & Policy) combine scientific excellence with technological application. As a key player in the innovation chain, AIT acts as a driving force for new technologies while also responding specifically to concrete market needs in order to transform scientific findings into competitive innovations.
For many years, the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology has been developing innovative heat pump systems for residential and industrial applications. The AIT Austrian Institute of Technology supports developers, plant engineers, and heat pump manufacturers with innovative services to develop customized solutions for every project.
The focus is particularly on three areas of application:
- Heating and cooling networks for cities and industry
- Digital solutions and methods for sustainable building concepts with efficient energy supply and high thermal comfort
- Methods and technologies for transforming industry toward a sustainable energy supply
We offer
- Innovative heat pump solutions for buildings, industry, and commerce (steam generation with heat pumps, waste heat recovery with heat pumps, drying with heat pumps, steam drying, heating and cooling of residential buildings)
- High-end laboratory infrastructure: state-of-the-art test benches, simulations, and measurement methods enable the development, quality assurance, and optimization of future generations of heat pumps, test bench (acoustics, dynamic operation, refrigerants A1 through A3, technology development, simulation through prototype optimization)
- Technologies for circular thermal infrastructure, such as the utilization of waste heat from data centers
- Innovative use of heat pumps in data centers (immersion cooling, waste heat recovery)