Thermomechanical cycles with a ferroelectric working substance convert heat to electrical energy. As shown here, magnetoelectrically coupled ferroelectric/ferromangtic composites (also called multiferroics) add new functionalities and allow for an efficient thermal energy harvesting at room temperature by exploiting the pyroelectric effect. By virtue of the magnetoelectric coupling, external electric and magnetic fields can steer the operation of these heat engines. Our theoretical predictions are based on a combination of LandauKhalatnikov-Tani approach (with a Ginzburg-Landau-Devonshire potential) to simulate the ferroelectric dynamics coupled to the magnetic dynamics. The latter is treated via the electric-polarization-dependent Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation. Performing an adapted Olsen cycle we show that a multiferroic working substance is potentially much more superior to sole ferroelectrics, as far as thermal energy harvesting using pyroelectric effect is concerned. Our proposal holds promise not only for low-energy consuming devices but also for cooling technology.It's been known for more than half a century that the temperature-dependency of hysteresis loops in ferroelectrics(FE) can be exploited to convert heat into electrical energy, known as pyroelectric effect 1-9 . The converse pyroelectric effect is also an established fact called the electrocaloric effect [10][11][12][13] , which as expected is used in cooling technology. In the quest for environmentally friendly pyroelectric devices that have low energy consumption, multiple functionalities, and being amenable to integration in nano circuits, we explore in this work the potential of engineered nanoscale multiferroic structures for harvesting waste heat. In particular, we focus on two-phase multiferroic layered structures consisting of a thin layer of the prototypical ferroelectric BaTiO 3 (BTO) deposited on Co. At room temperatures a strong magnetoelectric (ME) coupling between BTO and Co 14 was observed. This means that the ferromagnetic Co or BTO respond to an electric (E) or magnetic field (H), respectively opening thus new opportunities for controlling and the possibility for enhancing the device operation. Particularly important are room temperature devices in which case BTO is in the tetragonal phase 15-17 (see also the supplementary material 18 , Fig. S2). To exploit the pyroelectric effect to generate electricity, different thermal-electrical cycles were proposed. We perform the Olsen cycle 6,8 : The core idea of the pyroelectric engine is the temperature-dependency of the hysteresis loop (or in other words polarization P ) since it provides us with the opportunity to create clockwise cycles in E − P space (see the supplementary material 18 , Fig. S1). The area enclosed by the clockwise cycles determines the amount of harvested thermal energy asViewing the ferroelectric (FE) to be consisting of building blocks (cells or domains) each with a volume a 3 (see Fig. 1) then the FE volume is V F E = n a 3 .V F E P = n a 3 P n is the total ch...