A CRMA end-use equipment term for the part of a heating system that generates a temperature difference using an electric vapour compression cycle.
Heat pump is a CRMA strategic-technology equipment term tied to electrified heating. It refers to the part of a heating system that generates a temperature difference using an electric vapour compression cycle, not every heating system, building installation, energy-efficiency claim, or proof of critical-material content.
This page is anchored in CRMA Article 2, point 46. It is useful as an end-use anchor for strategic technologies where electrification equipment can connect to motor, magnet, and material-demand evidence.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials
the part of a heating system that generates a temperature difference allowing heat supply to the space or process to be heated, using an electric vapour compression cycle
CRMA Article 2 source-specific definition layer.
Reference: Article 2, point 46
Implementation records should capture the equipment identifier, heating-system context, vapour-compression cycle, material-demand link, heated space or process, component boundary, motor or magnet link, and distinction from building-energy or installation-compliance claims.
Heat pump is an electrified-heating equipment control: the evidence consequence is that heating-equipment demand can be connected to components and materials without turning the term into a whole-building performance or installation-compliance claim.