BOOSTHEAT

Their core work

BOOSTHEAT is a French technology SME that develops gas-driven heat pump boilers engineered to dramatically improve energy efficiency in building heating — their founding concept targeted doubling the efficiency of conventional heat generation. They bring a product-company perspective to EU research: where academic partners theorize, BOOSTHEAT contributes a real commercial device under development. Through their participation in SunHorizon, they extended their core technology to integrate with solar energy sources and added intelligent system capabilities including functional monitoring and predictive control. Their expertise sits at the intersection of thermodynamic engineering, renewable energy coupling, and smart system design for the heating sector.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their first project (APACHE, 2016–2017), BOOSTHEAT operated in a pure market-validation mode — the SME Phase 1 feasibility format and the absence of recorded technical keywords suggest the focus was on business case, commercial potential, and technology readiness assessment rather than deep engineering execution. By the time they joined SunHorizon (2018–2023), the profile had shifted entirely to technical implementation: solar coupling, robust design methodology, and embedded intelligence through predictive controllers and functional monitoring. The trajectory is classic for a deep-tech SME: prove the concept exists, then engineer it for real-world deployment inside a large European consortium.

BOOSTHEAT is moving toward intelligent, solar-coupled heat pump systems with embedded predictive capabilities — positioning them as a natural fit for smart building, renewable heating, and building energy management consortia.

How they like to work

BOOSTHEAT has played both roles in H2020: they coordinated APACHE as a solo SME Phase 1 feasibility study, then joined SunHorizon as a participant within a large Innovation Action consortium. This pattern is typical of a product SME that initiates its own validation work and then plugs its technology into larger collaborative projects where it serves as the heat pump component specialist. With 23 partners across 12 countries reached through just two projects, their network density suggests SunHorizon was a major, well-connected consortium rather than a small team effort.

BOOSTHEAT has connected with 23 unique consortium partners across 12 countries, almost entirely through SunHorizon — a large Innovation Action that by its nature draws academic institutions, industrial players, and SMEs from across Europe. Their network is European in scope but built through a single large project rather than accumulated across many engagements.

What sets them apart

BOOSTHEAT occupies a rare position as a product-focused deep-tech SME that holds proprietary heat pump boiler technology and has validated it through EU-funded research — they are not a consultancy or a lab, they are building a real device. Unlike large industrial heating companies, they are agile enough to take an active technical role in a research consortium and contribute their specific thermodynamic innovation directly. For consortium builders in renewable heating or smart building energy systems, they offer something most academic or research partners cannot: a commercial product in development that the project can test, validate, and take to market.

Highlights from their portfolio

• SunHorizon
  Their largest project by far (EUR 370,018, running 2018–2023), bringing BOOSTHEAT into a major Innovation Action where they contributed heat pump expertise alongside solar integration, predictive control, and robust design — the fullest expression of their technical capabilities on record.
• APACHE
  As coordinator of this SME Phase 1 project, BOOSTHEAT initiated and owned an EU-funded feasibility study for their core heat pump boiler concept — demonstrating they can lead projects, not just participate in them.