Johnson Controls has expanded its Holme, Denmark heat pump and chiller facility, increasing production and testing capabilities to meet growing demand for high-capacity heat pumps across Europe.
Operating on 100 per cent green energy, the site strengthens European manufacturing capability while helping to reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels.
The expansion includes 2,300 additional square meters of new production space and an 1,800 square meter customer experience and test centre, compliant with the latest European Heat Pump Association testing standard (EN 14511).
Together, these additions strengthen Johnson Controls ability to design, build and validate high-capacity heat pumps for district heating, public infrastructure and industrial applications, including high–stakes environments from research campuses and life–science labs to universities and food–and–beverage operations.
The project is expected to create more than 100 new local jobs and includes modernisation of existing buildings at the site.
Heat accounts for more than 60 per cent of energy use in European industries, according to the European Heat Pump Association, spiking costs and draining resources that otherwise could go to innovation and bolstering competitiveness.
Advances in heat pump technology now can turn this around. Electrifying heat through large–scale heat pumps allow cities and industries to capture natural and waste heat from sources such as wastewater, seawater, geothermal energy and industrial processes.
This serves to transform otherwise lost energy into affordable, low–carbon heating.
The Holme facility manufactures customised Sabroe–branded heat pumps and chillers, along with remanufactured, aftermarket and marine spare parts.
Using zero and low GWP refrigerants, the technologies are designed to align with upcoming EU regulations taking effect from 2027 and 2030.
JCI EMEA vice president for HVACR manufacturing operations, Benthe Klokkerholm, said the site has served as a foundation for heating and cooling innovation since Thomas Sabroe founded the business here in 1897.
The EU Commissioner Energy & Housing, Dan Jørgensen, together with Mayor Anders Winnerskjold from the City of Aarhus, and EU Policy Assistant, Rasmus Beim Hvide joined Johnson Controls employees and partners to mark the opening of the expanded facility.