/
/
/
Waste into wealth: how heat pumps can recycle heat to save energy

Waste into wealth: how heat pumps can recycle heat to save energy

06 Dec 2024

Have you ever seen water vapour escape from a building into the sky?

Some of that heat, instead of being lost to the air, can be captured and re-used by heat pumps. This is good for saving energy and lowering energy bills, as well as decarbonising through a renewable energy source.

This paper explores the potential of waste heat recovery with heat pumps, the environmental and financial benefits, and what EU policy can help unlock them.

Related articles

Manifesto: how to speed up heat pump rollout

In a world of geopolitical turmoil, fossil energy prices are spiking more than ever. Heat pumps replace fossil...

22 May 2026
Powering parchment: heat pumps reshape paper production

A Finnish paper factory is cutting 19,000 tonnes of CO₂ emissions a year thanks to a heat pump. The system...

22 May 2026
"I didn’t know what a heat pump was, but it works" - factory shows route to clean industry

A Belgian sugar factory is showing how Europe’s clean industry transition can move from policy plans to factor...

21 May 2026

Policy toolbox