Dr. George Kosmadakis has studied Mechanical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and graduated in 2003. He holds a M.Sc. from NTUA (2004) on “Energy Production and Management” and after that he pursued his Ph.D. from the same university. His Thesis concerned research on hydrogen combustion and emissions in internal combustion engines through the development of a 3D computational fluid dynamics code, which was finalized in 2011. Since 2006, he has been working as the main researcher in several research projects (FP7, H2020 and national funded) at the Agricultural University of Athens and the National Technical University of Athens, mainly related to waste heat recovery applications based on organic Rankine cycle technology, heat pumps, solar energy systems and desalination systems. He started working at NCSR “Demokritos” as an Adjunct Researcher within an industrial project related to high-temperature heat pumps for waste heat recovery (2017). Since 2019, he is the (co-)principal investigator in various research projects at NCSR “Demokritos” related to energy systems in buildings, industry and marine applications.
Studies:
Ph.D., School of Mechanical Engineering, National technical University of Athens, 2011
M.Sc. “Energy Production and Management”, National technical University of Athens, 2004
Diploma, School of Mechanical Engineering, National technical University of Athens, 2003
Research interests:
Heat pumps for domestic applications
High-temperature heat pumps for heat upgrading
Technologies for exploiting waste heat sources in industrial and marine applications
Organic Rankine cycle systems
Solar thermal and applications, renewable energy sources
Energy systems based on thermal processes for electricity generation, heating and cooling
Research work:
Dr. Kosmadakis has 75 publications in Int. peer-reviewed Journals, 3 book chapters, and 55 conference publications, with an h-index of 33 (Scopus, March 2025) and more than 3500 citations in total. He is also a member of the Editorial Board in six Int. Journals, reviewer in more than 30 peer-review journals, and has been acting as a proposal evaluator for various organisations and programs (H2020, Horizon Europe, Eurostars, etc.).
RES4BUILD will decarbonise the energy consumption in buildings by developing integrated renewable energy-based solutions that are tailored to the needs and requirements of users and installers. The consortium’s multidisciplinary team of experts will:
The project deals with the development of integrated solutions for waste heat exploitation, through upgrading the waste heat with a high-temperature heat pump, and then re-using it. In order to improve flexibility, minimize the rejected heat, and gain an overall control of energy flows, the heat can...
