Green heating: the Passivhaus Standard
Aerothermal heat pumps such as Daikin Altherma are the ideal solution for passive houses or buildings, making them the green heating of the future.
What is Passivhaus?
In recent times, we are witnessing a growing environmental awareness in society. We want and seek the most sustainable options possible to minimise our impact on the planet and reduce our carbon footprint.
This change is also taking place in the construction and architecture sector. We’re increasingly opting for the most efficient technology, which guarantees the best results while consuming as little energy as possible.
This idea gave rise to the Passivhaus concept, or passive house, a highly energy-efficient construction standard born in Germany in 1991. It’s a type of housing designed in such a way as to minimise energy consumption. The idea of this type of building, according to the Passive Building Platform (PBP), is to reduce heating and cooling needs by 75 %, without having to give up comfort and indoor air quality. To achieve this, an indispensable element will be ecological heating systems.
Daikin and the Passivhaus Building Platform (PBP) signed an agreement in 2019 with the aim of collaborating in the dissemination and implementation of the "Passivhaus Standard". Daikin is currently a premium sponsor of PHP.
How do ecological heating systems protect the environment?
Daikin, Premium Sponsor of PEP, the Passivhaus Building Platform
In March 2019, Daikin and the Passivhaus Building Platform (PBP) signed an agreement with the aim of collaborating in the dissemination and implementation of the "Passivhaus Standard".
Daikin is the only manufacturer in the market of both air conditioning equipment and refrigerants. As a result, it occupies a privileged position in the development of sustainable solutions that help to significantly reduce the environmental impact of air conditioning installations. This union deepens the company's commitment to the design of efficient and environmentally friendly installations in buildings with an ever decreasing, almost zero energy demand.
Thanks to its experience and continuous commitment to R&D, Daikin offers the widest range of solutions capable of meeting all types of air conditioning and domestic hot water production needs. These include aerothermal heat pumps that cover all the air conditioning and domestic hot water (DHW) production needs of users and incorporate the most advanced and efficient technology on the market.
The Passivhaus Standard ensures high indoor air quality as well as better indoor temperature and humidity conditions, while at the same time increasing the lifetime of buildings through careful design and implementation.
Within our Daikin staff, we have certified technicians ("Passivhaus Designer" and "Passivhaus Consultant") who bring their training and experience to any passive building project.
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Daikin Altherma 3 and solar photovoltaics, the perfect combination for the Passivhaus standard
Within the Passivhaus standard, in addition to the high efficiency of the active systems used such as the aerothermal heat pump, the production of renewable energy on site is becoming increasingly important in order to achieve energy-positive buildings and dwellings.
Daikin Altherma 3 aerothermal heat pumps incorporate as standard the possibility of integrated energy management of photovoltaic energy (Smart Grid), in order to optimise the use of the greatest possible amount of this renewable energy for air conditioning and domestic hot water production at all times.
In addition, within the Daikin Altherma 3 range there’s equipment capable of integrating not only photovoltaic energy, but also solar thermal energy, so that the three renewable energies (aerothermal, solar thermal and photovoltaic) work together, thus increasing the total performance of the installation.
Aerothermics, the renewable energy that air-conditions your home
Aerothermal energy is a renewable, inexhaustible and free energy that comes from the air and allows us to obtain heating, air conditioning and domestic hot water.
How does Aerothermics work?
- The atmosphere captures the energy emitted by the sun.
- Heat Pump technology captures that renewable energy from the air.
- That energy is used in our home through the outdoor unit which sends it to the indoor unit.
- The indoor unit heats the water and produces heating and domestic hot water.
- In summer, the heat from our home is sent outside to produce air conditioning.
Aerothermics makes it easier to integrate the use of renewable energies in the domestic environment and the consequent reduction of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere.
Daikin Altherma: Air-conditioning and hot water by aerothermics
Aerothermal energy extracts energy from the air to produce heating, cooling and domestic hot water. It is a renewable, free and efficient energy source.