System balancing in buildings
Increasing energy efficiency in buildings is about more than equipment. Check out our articles and on-demand trainings to get the latest knowledge around hydronic balancing—from basics to applications and advantages
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Heating and cooling our buildings accounts for about 30% of the final energy consumption in the Euopean Union, over 70% of which comes from fossil fuels. It requires more than optimisation of the heating or cooling system to improve the efficiency. Hydronic balancing of HVAC heating and cooling systems is essential, it is necessary in order to achieve proper indoor comfort and for the system to run as efficiently as possible. If the hydronic balance is not properly in place, end-user complaints, extra costs and reduced lifetime value of the system can be expected.
This paper, “System Balancing for Technical Building Systems: A great opportunity for energy savings and comfort”, published by the European Building Automation Controls Association (eu.bac), explains why it’s important to optimise heating and cooling systems and how this can translate to energy savings.
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Articles about hydronic balance
Hydronic balancing is one of the most important measures for optimising heating systems. Although all experts are aware of this measure, it is still difficult to draw clear distinctions between its variants – static, dynamic and auto-balancing.
Static hydronic balancing, the mass flows are regulated manually, via pressure-dependent valves. Here, the mass flows are calculated and set exclusively for full load cases – efficiency-optimised heating water distribution.
Dynamic hydronic balancing keeps the water flows and differential pressure of the heating system constant throughout the building under all load conditions and offers high energy saving potential, especially in large buildings.
Auto-balancing can be used in addition to or as an alternative to static or dynamic balancing. Auto-balancing solutions use intelligent digital system control to ideally implement complete hydronic balancing without complex pre-calculations.
Green renovations are not just about installing new expensive heat sources in your customers’ homes. There are also great ways of optimizing the existing heating systems that are already installed in homes.
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Danfoss offers a wide range of heating solutions that brings a new level of indoor comfort, whether the home is heated with radiators or floor heating or if your customer prefers a connected smart heating solution or simply just want efficient heating, superior temperature precision and energy savings.
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Robustly built and designed to meet the rigors of the commercial and industrial sectors, a comprehensive range of Danfoss radiator valves is available for practically all systems and installation conditions.
Danfoss Eco™ is the stand-alone smart radiator thermostat that gives you easy in-home control of each individual radiator.
Danfoss Eco™ thermostat works with Bluetooth® technology, which means that you can now control your radiators from your smartphone, using the app.
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Danfoss radiator thermostats maintain constant desired room temperatures, individually room by room and help to reduce energy consumption.
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Electric underfloor heating for all types of floors
Electric heating is an energy-efficient and environmentally friendly floor heating solution. It is flexible for new build homes and renovations for both wet and dry installation.
Danfoss Hydronic balance and control solutions ensure an optimized distribution of heating and cooling water in HVAC systems. The recommended solution depends on the system; constant flow or variable flow systems, the application; heating and/or cooling and heat emitters; radiators, terminal units or others.
Radiator thermostats and room temperature controller systems compensate for fluctuating heating requirements, keeping the temperature in every room at the level individually set by the resident.
Danfoss smart heating enables you to adjust heating to your daily schedule and control it using smart phone.
Danfoss smart heating has a solution for every home and need– from a stand-alone smart radiator thermostat to a complete smart heating system for total control anytime and anywhere.
Danfoss is the best partner to establish your hydronic (water-based) floor heating system. The broad range of underfloor heating products containing panels, pipes, manifolds, mixing-shunts and room temperature controls offers a high-quality solution for every new-build and renovation project.
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We have collected tips on how to save energy. Before choosing which is the right heating solution for your home, a good-to-know fact is that in Europe heating costs, represent a large part of the annual spend on energy consumption. In some countries up to 70% of the total spend. The remaining 30% is consumed for hot water in homes.
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