City of Fort Collins Hands-On Heat Pump Demonstration Room

Equipping HVAC installers with advanced heat pump expertise. 

Currently in development between the City of Fort Collins and CSU’s Energy Institute to:

  • Accelerate technology adoption
  • Educate residents on clean energy solutions
  • Directly advance the city’s home electrification goals for sustainability and climate action

Key Features of the Demonstration Room: 

  • A built-to-code miniaturized home for hands-on training, demonstrations, and research.
  • Regular trainings and workshops for HVAC professionals to advance best practices for installation and maintenance.
  • Space for resident education events.
  • Opportunities for research and development of heat pump technologies

How to get invovled:

Researchers enter data onsite at a home
Workgloves on a table in the Powerhouse
A researcher stands next to a miniature house built for research.
Energy Institute, Colorado State University
City of Fort Collins

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