EBP Ventures Focuses on Heating With Ice From Nullpunkt AG

(CONNECT) EBP Schweiz AG is investing in Nullpunkt AG via its venture capitalist EBP Ventures. The young company from Oberengstringen has developed an innovative ice storage heat pump system and, following a trial run with a prototype last year, launched it on the market this August. "With this investment, EBP Switzerland is not only strengthening its own innovation network, but also making a concrete contribution to the energy transition in the building sector," Simon Hess, Partner and Head of Energy + Technology at EBP Switzerland, is quoted as saying in a corresponding post by the Zurich-based consulting and engineering company on LinkedIn.

The system from Nullpunkt AG consists of an external heat exchanger, an ice storage tank and a heat pump. The outdoor heat exchanger extracts energy from the ambient air during the day. It is used to melt the ice in the ice store. If this water freezes again, heat energy is released. It is extracted from the storage tank by the heat pump and used to heat the house. Compared to other ice storage systems, the system from Nullpunkt has a more compact design, "high energy efficiency and an attractive price-performance ratio", writes EBP.

At Nullpunkt, further development of more powerful systems and additional regeneration sources is currently on the agenda. "A competent partner like EBP will also provide us with the right technical impetus to establish Nullpunkt on the market in the long term," Nullpunkt CEO Thomas Degelo is quoted as saying in the article. ce/hs