Silvan Nikolai Bernal

With the increasing spread of photovoltaics and electromobility, bidirectional charging of electric vehicles is becoming more and more important. Especially in single-family homes, the implementation of vehicle-to-home (V2H) is much simpler and less complicated than vehicle-to-grid or feeding energy back into larger buildings.

Due to the necessary decarbonization of the heat supply, heat pumps are becoming increasingly important for domestic hot water preparation. However, the relatively high requirements for hot water preparation and distribution temperatures for hygiene reasons often cannot be met with current heat pump concepts without the additional use of electric…