The project is located at the Moon Altar Athletic Center in Beijing.
On January 11, "studies on a solar-heart-pump hot water system", a demonstration project carried out by the CAS Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion (GIEC) for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, passed the acceptance check in Beijing.
In line with the need of the Athletes Village of the 2008 Olympics, GIEC researchers have developed a system for the year-round hot water supply with pollution-free solar energy supplemented by thermal pumps. The system could provide 100 tons of hot water every day for the Olympic Village and venues nearby, 90% of which are heated by using solar energy. Over the past two years, the researchers have filed for three patents and published three papers for the project. Two students have carried out their doctoral or master's studies in the project.
