New partnership drives innovation in heat storage systems
Cowa Thermal Solutions and the Italian company Innova are to jointly develop a new generation of heat pumps. Cowa, based at Technopark Lucerne, will contribute its latent heat storage technology to the project.
Cowa Thermal Solutions has announced its global partnership with Innova. Under the terms of the partnership, Innova, an Italian company based near Turin, will integrate Cowa’s phase-change material (PCM)-based thermal storage technology into its own heat pump systems. According to a statement from the spin-off of the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, founded in 2019 and based at Technopark Lucerne, this collaboration enables “a new generation of solutions that combine compact design, high comfort and sustainable technology”.
According to the information provided, this cooperation builds on technical validations and assessments that have confirmed the suitability of Cowa’s PCM for Innova’s heat pump systems. According to Cowa, the tests demonstrated the high performance and efficiency of the integrated solution.
Innova, for its part, is responsible for the design, development and manufacture of the systems. The Piedmont-based company specialises in modern solutions for heating, cooling, hot water and indoor air quality, and supports its global clientele in replacing fossil fuel heating systems with sustainable alternatives.