Architect Going Green
"Suitable for retrofits as well as new builds"
"Energy savings between 30–60%"
The customer, Mr. Kohlbecker, an architect based in Baden-Baden, Germany, who is living in a beautiful old town house, with double height ceilings, big arched windows and hardwood floors, wanted to combine
the original beauty of the house with the comfort and energy efficiency offered by a bus system managed by the Promoveo Platform.
We decided to use KNX over power line to minimize the intrusion. The KNX installation is controlled via Promoveo touchpanels, both in-wall and wirelessly, both at home and remotely.
The functionality implemented was lighting and heating control, window and door sensors, motion and presence detectors, weather station, cameras and smart metering. When windows are opened the heating is automatically switched off and with presence detectors installed, asking the kids to remember to switch off the lights is a thing of the past.
“Through my profession as an architect I am of course very conscious of good design. Promoveo’s designer user interface is aesthetically very pleasing and is by far the best design out there.”
The Promoveo Eco dashboard shows energy consumption on daily, weekly and monthly basis and it is benchmarked against “best” and “worst” historical usage. When going to bed or leaving the house, the Eco scene is activated, either on the panel next to their bed or at the panel in the hall.
“Through the Promoveo Eco Dashboard we have become aware of both when and how much energy we use, which has made it easy and fun to save energy”.
According to Mr. Kohlbecker the energy bill has been reduced by an average of 30% - but even more so - “the comfort of our home is taken to a completely new level – and it is enjoyed by the whole family”.
