In an interview with varmeco Managing Director Philipp Stockklausner, architect Prof. Hermann Kaufmann and Günter Morscher, head of Morscher Bau- und Projektmanagement GmbH, report on how buildings can be designed, constructed and heated in an energy-efficient way.
It's about architecture, comfort, sustainability - and about the building envelope and building technology. Among other things, the three discuss why (self-generated) electricity is becoming increasingly important for efficient buildings and how heat pumps can be supplemented by a second machine - the exergy machine - so that the overall system works in a much more energy-efficient way. This is because the exergy machine makes it possible, for example, to design the heat source - in particular the geothermal probes of a heat pump system - more cost-effectively so that investments in additional technology elsewhere are compensated for. The result: cost neutrality during construction, but increased efficiency during operation. This benefits both the residents and the climate.