The future of home climate

Learn more about how BlueHeart works and its benefits

Who we are and what we do

BlueHeart Energy is a deep tech company that has developed a new sustainable technology to radically improve the performance of heat pumps, enabling them to evolve from being the best solution in the market to becoming the perfect solution.

BlueHeart uses thermo acoustics, a technique that consists in creating sound waves in a closed circuit to generate heat and cold. This technology, that had been tried for industrial purposes, will be used for the first time to power heat pumps in residential buildings.

BlueHeart has been conceived to replace the core component of heat pumps and designed to be easily integrated by original equipment manufacturers , that are BlueHeart Energy’s customers. With BlueHeart inside, heat pumps turn into affordable, silent and flexible devices, capable of working with wide temperature ranges suitable for both new and existing houses. Importantly, BlueHeart doesn’t require any refrigerants and doesn’t generate any CO2e emissions.

 

Our vision

We aim to make our planet a better place to live by fully decarbonising the way we heat and cool our buildings, reducing by 7% the global CO2 emissions.

BlueHeart is fully sustainable and will boost the adoption of heat pumps in the market, accelerating the energy transition. The initial focus of BlueHeart are the residential buildings, but new applications will be developed in the future.

Our ambition is that thermo acoustics becomes the standard underlying technology for every heating and cooling system. This will enable the reduction of 110Mt of CO2 emissions by 2050.

Our history

BlueHeart Energy was founded in Alkmaar in late 2016 as a spin off from TNO, a leading research organization in the EU. TNO is a worldwide expert in thermo acoustics, with almost 20 years of experience in that field. The goal of BlueHeart Energy was to develop a thermo acoustic engine to generate heat and cold that could be produced at scale and sold to heat pump manufacturers.

While the collaboration with TNO continues for long term R&D projects, today BlueHeart Energy has a strong and independent development and engineering team, with valuable propietary IP generated.

Key milestones:

  • BlueHeart

    The design of BlueHeart, our first market product, is completed and the first prototype unit is being built. This unit will be optimized in 2023 and the 0-series of BlueHeart will be available in 2024. Its capacity will be 6kW.

  • Testing prototype (2022)

    The thermo acoustics knowledge acquired by BlueHeart Energy enabled the completion of the first testing prototype, entirely developed by our team. Its capacity was scaled up to 3kW.

  • Working prototype (2019)

    A joint effort of BlueHeart Energy and TNO was required to build a first working prototype and scale its thermal capacity to 1kW.

  • Lab Prototype (2015)

    A first thermo acoustics prototype with a thermal capacity of 240W was developed by our partner TNO to proof the concept.

Our team

Our Founders:

BlueHeart Energy is led by experienced managers. It grounds its success in an international and multidisciplinary team with over 30 people. It includes physicists, mechanical engineers, industrial engineers, electrical engineers and energy systems specialists, including PhDs in thermo-acoustics, covering all the technical aspects required to successfully develop and execute the project.

Our Supports:

BlueHeart Energy is the sum of passionate entrepreneurs, shareholders and employees who have joined forces to revolutionize the heating and cooling industry in their quest to build a sustainable world. With the help and support of customers and partners all over the world, our promise is becoming a reality.

Additionally, we are pleased, grateful and proud for the support received from governmental bodies that are willing to back innovative businesses capable of accelerating the energy transition: