Trane Technologies announced that it has surpassed U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) requirements for the residential Cold Climate Heat Pump (CCHP) Challenge for high-efficiency heating in freezing temperatures. After outperforming laboratory tests in extremely cold temperatures, Trane’s high-efficiency CCHP will begin field trials later this month.
DOE’s CCHP Challenge was designed to support reducing energy demands and carbon emissions in the U.S. through the use of electricity-driven heat pumps instead of fossil-fuel-fired space heating appliances. The goal of the Challenge was to increase the performance of heat pumps at cold temperatures, increase heating capacity at lower ambient temperatures, and offer more efficiency across a broader range of operating conditions.