Decentralized ventilation solution for housing: key within energy transition

Affordable, widely applicable and future-proof 

When it comes to the combination of decentralized ventilation on the one hand and heating/cooling and heat recovery on the other, ClimaRad from Oldenzaal occupies a special place in the market. In fact, the company is the only provider of the aforementioned total concept within the Netherlands. With the recently introduced decentralized ventilation unit Vita H1C-S, ClimaRad is playing a new sustainable trump card that will especially appeal to housing corporations. Or, as commercial director Ralph Liedenbaum puts it, "We see this product as an affordable, widely applicable and future-proof key in the energy transition." 

Launched earlier this year, the ClimaRad Vita H1C-S, equipped with a convector for active cooling and heating, is specifically designed for low-temperature systems in residential construction. That fact is expected to ensure that the new device will be firmly embraced by housing corporations looking for a sustainable and affordable decentralized ventilation solution. A solution that grows with technology and is fully future-proof. Welcome extras when big steps forward have to be taken within the energy transition framework. "In addition to various sensors that allow you to measure air quality, the unit is equipped with a built-in heat exchanger," Liedenbaum explains. "This forms a combination with a convector attached to the front of the unit. This is equipped with additional fans, which can be expanded with up to three additional fan cassettes depending on the heating/cooling requirements."

Compartment

With the Vita H1C-S, ClimaRad says it holds the key within the energy transition. Liedenbaum explains why. "In most homes, the radiators in bedrooms and other upstairs rooms are usually turned off. The only room where the heating is often on is the living room. If you're going to ventilate there, you have to make sure that the heat is extracted from the ventilation air and then returned to the room. The Vita does just that. The unit allows for compartmentalization." In doing so, ClimaRad tackles the principle of central ventilation with heat recovery. Here, the warm air from the living room is combined with the cold air from the bedrooms to form a mixture, which is then returned to all connected rooms. "Whereas in most cases, at that point, only the living room is in need of heat," Liedenbaum said. "So you have to avoid such a situation. We therefore recommend using heat recovery in living areas and installing our supply without heat recovery in bedrooms. And that is possible with the Vita H1C-S. An affordable, sustainable system that also makes it possible to easily switch to the use of other heat sources or systems in the future."

Insight

These are features that will be music to the ears of housing associations in particular. Moreover, the use of ClimaRad's Vita H1C-S during renovation projects can be linked to a clear insight into the TCO, the total cost of ownership. "We have had a special TCO tool developed for this purpose," says Liedenbaum. "This gives housing corporations plenty of insight into the savings they can realize in the case of renovations when switching to other ventilation systems, heat delivery units and heat generators. That can add up considerably. Depending on the components to be replaced, it is possible to save up to 40 percent on heating costs via the deployment of the Vita H1C-S. That makes it well worth considering the purchase of such a solution, both in residential construction and existing healthcare real estate where there is also a major sustainability effort to be made."