About Heatify

Our story

The potential
Buildings account for over 30% of Europe's CO2 emissions, mostly from gas and oil boilers. Electrification through heat pumps is the obvious fix.

The problem
Yet there was rarely a good business case for heat pumps in existing buildings. The main culprits were overestimated water temperature requirements for buildings with imperfect insulation and radiators, and heat pumps that weren't running efficiently enough to recover their upfront cost.

The solution
We found that the technical and financial case could be unlocked by heating with lower supply water temperatures, and improving the heat pump system efficiency through improved system design and continuous control. When appropriate, we further improve the business case by providing load shifting in response to dynamic electricity prices.

The result
Today, Heatify serves over 600 apartments across Belgium, with our best installation achieving a SCOP of 5.0, the highest recorded on heatpumpmonitor.org among 500 monitored systems.

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The team
Pieter-Jan Degroote
Co-founder and CEO

Mechanical Engineer graduated from Ghent University. Loves efficient heat pumps.

Emiel Debusseré
Co-founder and COO

Construction Engineer graduated from Ghent University. Loves well-organized projects.

Cédric Surmont
Software Engineer

Computer Science Engineer graduated from Ghent University. Loves to leverage with software.

Thomas Defauw
Innovation and Thermodynamics Engineer

Energy Engineer graduated from EPFL, research at Berkeley. Loves grid-responsive energy systems.