Home automation system for heating / air conditioning ABB STOTZ KONTAKT
ABB i-bus® EIB / KNX

The right room temperature contributes decisively towards our feeling of well-being in all situations. Needs differ greatly in this respect, depending on where one lives and how one personally reacts to temperatures. While room temperatures of 16°C to 18°C suffice for the kitchen and bedroom, we like to have a cosy temperature of 21°C in the living room and, perhaps, even 22°C in the bathroom.

A feeling of well-being, both in private life and in the work environment, is extremely important for us as human beings. Consequently, thermal comfort is also very important as far as the health and well-being of people is concerned, because they spend 95% of their time in buildings.

But the need for comfort and cosiness does not cease when we leave our own "four walls". All the other indoor areas where we spend time (shopping centres, restaurants, sports centres, offices, ....), as different as they are from one another, should also have an appropriate temperature.

A person feels uncomfortable when the body's temperature-regulating system (the skin) is subject to stress, e.g., as a result of too low or too high air and wall temperatures, strong air movements, too low or too high humidity and to light or too heavy clothing. In these cases, concentrations of heat, or heat losses occur in the body. A person feels comfortable when the air temperature, air movement, humidity and wall temperatures are in a balanced ratio to their activity and clothing. Comfortableness and wellbeing are also favourably influenced by the cleanliness of the air and a low noise level in the room.

With an increasing demand for comfort and a reduction in energy consumption, environmental consciousness becomes more and more a part of our lives. In private households in Germany, approx. 70% of the energy consumed is for heating and hot water. Calculated on the basis of the energy consumption in the country as a whole, 30% of the total energy is consumed for heating and hot water alone. The objective when planning any heating/air-conditioning system is to achieve the desired level of comfort and cosiness while saving as much energy as possible. This is of benefit to the environment, our purse and our well-being.

In the following, it will be shown how an individual room temperature control system can be planned and installed without difficulty.

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