Traditional heating technologies are increasingly called into question. Why should it make sense – from the point of view of thermodynamics – to generate temperatures far above 1,000 °C to maintain ambient temperatures of about 20–22 °C in a building?

 

Our environment offers plenty of energy. Actually, we only have to reach out and collect it. One ideal way to do this is the use of a heat pump. It extracts the thermal energy of the sun that is stored in the ground, ground water and air.

The fundamentals of the function of a heat pump are the same as those of a refrigerator.

Heat is extracted and pumped to a higher temperature level via an electrically operated compressor and then transferred to space and water heating systems.

 

Modern heat pumps are able to extract 75–80% of the heating energy required throughout the year from the solar thermal energy stored in the ground. Only 20–25% of the remaining energy required – which reflects the energy required to operate the appliance itself – must be purchased in the form of electric power.

 

The power needed for this purpose is offered by energy suppliers at particularly favourable rates.

 

The condition for an effective use of a heat pump is a mainly constant source of heat combined with a low-temperature heating surface in the building, preferably an underfloor heating system. With far over 300 heat pump systems installed, we are competent and experienced partners in this field.