INNOHEAT SWEDEN AB

Their core work

INNOHEAT SWEDEN AB is a Swedish thermal engineering SME specializing in advanced heat exchange and solar heating technologies. They design and develop innovative heat exchanger hardware — including air-to-liquid systems — and integrate them into compact solar-thermal heating solutions for buildings. Their work spans both component-level innovation (more efficient exchanger geometries) and system-level integration, including sorption-based seasonal thermal storage that allows solar energy collected in summer to heat buildings in winter. Based in Malmö, they operate at the applied engineering end of the energy spectrum, moving research prototypes toward validated commercial products.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their earlier H2020 work (2015–2017), INNOHEAT focused squarely on the hardware component level — developing a more efficient air-to-liquid heat exchanger under the HEALEX project, where they led as coordinator. By their second project (2018–2023), the focus had shifted to integrated system architecture: combining solar collectors, sorbent materials, and multi-modular seasonal storage into a complete building heating solution. The trajectory is clear — from making a better component to building the whole system around it, suggesting growing ambition and system-integration capability over time.

INNOHEAT is moving up the value chain from individual components toward complete, compact solar-thermal heating systems with seasonal storage — a direction aligned with European building decarbonization demand.

How they like to work

INNOHEAT has taken both the coordinator and partner role across just two projects, suggesting they are comfortable leading when the work is close to their core product and joining larger consortia when broader validation is needed. Their 14 unique partners across 6 countries in only 2 projects indicates they work in medium-to-large, internationally diverse consortia rather than tight bilateral relationships. This profile suggests an organization that brings a concrete technology to the table and contributes as a focused technical specialist rather than as a general research partner.

INNOHEAT has built a network of 14 unique partners across 6 countries through just 2 projects, an unusually broad reach for an SME of this size. Their network spans northern and central Europe, consistent with a Malmö-based company with natural ties to the Nordic and wider EU energy research community.

What sets them apart

INNOHEAT occupies a rare position as a small Swedish engineering company that has both led an EU R&D project and contributed specialized heat exchanger hardware to a large-scale solar thermal validation effort — meaning they bring both product development credibility and consortium experience. Unlike university partners or research institutes, they are oriented toward deployable products, which makes them a practical bridge between prototype research and market-ready technology. For a consortium needing a hardware developer with demonstrated EU project management capacity, they are an unusually capable SME pick.

Highlights from their portfolio

• HEALEX
  INNOHEAT's largest project by funding (€1,029,544) and the one where they served as coordinator, demonstrating both technical leadership and project management capability in heat exchanger innovation.
• SWS-HEATING
  A five-year RIA project validating an integrated solar sorption heating system for buildings — notable for its longer timeframe, system-level scope, and direct relevance to the EU's building decarbonization agenda.