Innovative hall heating project is dena's latest example of good practice

The company had set the highest energy efficiency standards for its new building. Initially, the new production building was to be heated by a combination of heat pump and underfloor heating, but this proved to be less functional in hall buildings. The decision was made to use the completely new energy-flexible infrared system FUTURA from KÜBLER - as a pilot project. "We are always breaking new ground ourselves with many of our projects. We are happy to help shape the process at KÜBLER," says Christoph Rotsch, Managing Director. "When we got to know the FUTURA, underfloor heating was off the table."
Two heating periods later, Kanter & Schlosser is still very satisfied. "A big advantage for us is that we can now heat with different energy sources," explains the company. With the FUTURA system, Trier is no longer exclusively reliant on gas. In the first heating period, the photovoltaic system took over the entire heating costs from around 11 a.m. onwards. Previously, the heating in the old building would have blown circulating air into the hall. Every time the door was opened, it immediately became very cold and it felt like it took an eternity for the temperature to return to normal. "Now we definitely have a much more pleasant heat quality in the hall - precise, without swirling up dust. This is very well received by the employees."
Another important advantage is the ability to heat the individual areas of the hall individually or switch them off when work is no longer taking place there. "We have set up four heating circuits that we can control via the FUTURA system. That saves a lot of energy. Especially when, for example, the metalworking shop closes early on Fridays and we can switch off the heating in this area," says Christoph Rotsch. Wasting energy is not an option for the future-oriented company. For this reason, Die Kanter & Schlosser is also happy to no longer be reliant on technologies such as underfloor heating, which cannot be controlled according to demand and have to run at night or at weekends.
All details about the measures, savings and results of the award-winning hall heating project can be found on dena's good practice page at this link: Energy-saving hall heating
- Ludwigshafen, August 2023: Konrad Stockmeier, FDP member of the Bundestag from Mannheim, is a member of the Bundestag Committee for Climate Protection and Energy and his parliamentary group's rapporteur for the Building Energy Act (GEG), the so-called "Heating Act". He was involved in the negotiations on the GEG and is therefore familiar with this law. On Friday, he visited Thomas Kübler, founder and managing partner of KÜBLER GmbH, in Ludwigshafen. With his expertise as a specialist in large-capacity heating systems, the entrepreneur has been campaigning for months for commercial and industrial hall buildings to be given greater consideration in the GEG.
- State Secretary Mario Brandenburg, Member of the Bundestag, in conversation with Thomas Kübler, Dr. Steffen Manser (KÜBLER GmbH) and Prof. Dr. Matthias Rädle (CeMOS) on the subject of research, development and what is needed to reduce CO2 in industry and commerce.
- Kaiserslautern. Heating and lighting industrial and commercial buildings in a climate-neutral way - that is "excellent", according to the jury of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, which awarded the prestigious innovation prize to KÜBLER GmbH from Ludwigshafen. With this award, the state honours the immediately implementable and economical contribution to decarbonization in industrial heat supply through the FUTURA multi-energy system. KÜBLER GmbH has been developing heating systems for halls for more than three decades, employs 130 people and has built up proven expertise with its own R&D unit. This is already the fourth innovation award in the company's history.
- Ludwigshafen, January 2024: The food bank in Bayreuther Straße is delighted to receive a donation cheque from the employees of KÜBLER, the specialist for energy-saving hall heating systems. They not only wanted to use the Christmas party to bring the old year to a cheerful close together with the entire workforce, but also to think about people who need support. To this end, they organized a raffle with over 100 prizes, including an iPhone as the main prize, which was provided by the company. This raised almost 500 euros. The food bank is delighted.