Aktuell" Is Scandinavia – View of Helsinki Layout Old Town and Harbor
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THE VIESSMANN MAGAZINE 3 | 2014 MARKETS IN SCANDINAVIA High demand for efficiency and innovative technology in Northern Europa 1 ENERGY EFFICIENCY LABEL Mandatory marking effective September 2015 VITOCALDENS 222-F Compact heating system for bivalent operation 2 CONTENTS 07 Main theme: Scandinavia 18 Energy forum and industry forum 31 Highlights of the 2014/2015 season EDITORIAL meeting place for trade partners 26 Viessmann refrigeration technology 02 National action plans for energy and members of the business and for Linz central blood bank efficiency and climate protection political community 28 Medical Park AG: Modernization 19 Anniversaries in Belgium and UK: project with an investment volume GUEST ARTICLE National companies celebrate of 3.5 million euros 04 Anders Besseberg: Partnership – 50 and 25 years in business the key to joint success 20 Energy efficiency labels for heat NEW MEDIA generators and DHW generators 29 "Ask Viessmann": More dialog, 05 ANNOUNCEMENTS more exchange, more benefits PRODUCTS MARKETS 22 Vitovolt 300: Photovoltaic systems SPORT 1 07 Scandinavia – four countries with for high power yields for own 31 Four World Championships in the many things in common supply post-Olympic winter season 12 Helsinki: from industrial site to 23 Vitocaldens 222-F: Compact heat 31 Eric Frenzel is "Champion of the service hub pump with variable dual-mode Ye a r " 14 The market for heating and cooling point adaption products in Scandinavia 24 Pyrovent FR: Direct firing system VIESSMANN SELECTION 16 Viessmann in Scandinavia for powdery wood fuels 32 Equipment for outdoor and indoor activities COMPANY PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS 18 Energy forum and industry forum: 25 Karl Pedross AG: Sustainable heat The Viessmann Academy is the and power generation with biomass Imprint Photos Corporate Communication Blutbank Linz, Charles Davis, dpa Picture 35107 Allendorf (Eder)Germany 46th year of publication Alliance GmbH, Frank Feisel, Fotolia, Enno Tel. +49 6452 / 702493 Published: Friedrich, Getty Images Deutschland GmbH, Fax +49 6452 / 705493 4 times per year Karl Pedross AG, Maiken Kestner, Rolf Kosecki, E-mail: [email protected] Mahlum, Medical Park AG, Seekamp GmbH, Publisher Studio Lindell Title: The main focus of this edition of Prof. Dr. Martin Viessmann "aktuell" is Scandinavia – view of Helsinki Layout Old Town and harbor. Editors Gramm Werbeagentur GmbH Cover page 2: The Northern Lights are one Manfred Greis Alexander Tinter of the most impressive travel experiences Jörg Schmidt for Scandinavian holidaymakers. Michael Wagner Lithography and printing Cover page 3: When looks matter: The new Doris Hofmann Bernecker Mediagruppe Vitovolt 300 photovoltaic modules also Alexander Tinter come in all-black designs. Wolfgang Rogatty Editorial address Carsten Lucassen Viessmann Werke GmbH & Co. KG National action plans for energy efficiency and climate protection German government turns its attention to the heating market lthough great hopes were pinned No sustainable energy era without a National action plans for energy Aon the UN Climate Summit in turnaround in heating policy efficiency and climate protection New York in September,, the views on This was based on the awareness that Policymakers have now conceded that, its outcome differ. The German news the ambitious goals linked to the sus- from today's perspective, Germany will magazine "Der Spiegel" describes its re- tainable energy era can only be achieved fall short of its climate protection target sults as meager, whereas the German if there is a turnaround in heating for 2020 by 7 percent. In order to Federal Minister for the Environment, policy. Indeed, the heating market is achieve the target, it has to cut green- Nature Conservation, Building and Nu- the biggest energy consumer. As the house gases by 40 percent compared clear Safety, Barbara Hendricks, reports current heating systems are largely out- to 1990. To counteract this, new ini- a favorable outcome. dated, it holds immense potential for tiatives have been adopted this efficiency which urgently needs to be summer that focus on considerably in- China and the USA, the largest pro- leveraged. In view of this, however, it creasing energy efficiency in particular.. ducers of greenhouse gas emissions, is difficult to comprehend why the While the German Federal Ministry for have at least promised to define government blue-penciled the tax the Environment, Nature Conservation, concrete climate protection measures breaks for building refurbishment in Building and Nuclear Safety launched 2 by the beginning of 2015. Furthermore, a their coalition contract. the "Climate Protection Action Program number of member countries, including 2020", the Ministry for Economic Germany and France, have pledged con- To p priority to amending the Affairs and Energy drew up the siderable donations to the UN's Green German Renewable Energies Act "National Plan of Action for Energy Climate Fund, which helps finance The newly formed Ministry for Econ- Efficiency". climate projects in developing countries. omic Affairs and Energy initially also turned its attention to power gener- Call upon organizations to According to the German delegation, ation and amended the German Re- contribute Germany was explicitly acknowledged newable Energies Act, once again ne- A broad range of stakeholders – above as the pioneer of climate protection in glecting the heating market. As renew- all economic, industry, and environ- New York; its exemplary energy and able energy fed into the grid receives mental organizations, NGOs, and trade climate policy was praised repeatedly. subsidies of approximately 20 billion unions – have been called upon to con- euros a year, it was clearly necessary to tribute. Hundreds of suggestions have Energy policy after one year of the take action regarding the German Re- been submitted, reflecting a keen inter- German coalition government newable Energies Act. However, it is est to support the government with What results have actually been achiev- difficult to understand why the cuts in this important project. Nevertheless, ed with regard to energy policy one subsidies resulting from the amend- there were similar initiatives during year after the German coalition govern- ments to the Act impact biogas gener- previous governments, so some of ment came into office? ation and combined heat and power the suggestions are probably not en- generation most of all. They both have tirely new. It is crucial that they are In the past, policymakers saw the sus- the potential to greatly help offset the systematically implemented this time, tainable energy era purely as a turna- volatility of wind and solar energy and, also in public sector properties. The round in electricity generation. The new in turn, to stabilize the entire system. federal, state, and local authorities government, on the other hand, de- are responsible for setting a good clared in its coalition contract that ener- example. The measures pertaining gy efficiency would now be considered to both programs have been scheduled the second pillar of the sustainable for approval by the cabinet in energy era. December. "We need to work together to bring these EDITORIAL discussions to an end – it is high time we took action." Insufficient framework conditions energy efficiency and expanding re- tion. Modernizing energy systems in necessitate own initiative newable energies can be leveraged existing buildings will help the climate, Independent of the outcome of the economically using the available tech- enable us to reach the efficiency objec- political deliberations, we cannot be nologies. This goes beyond continu- tives defined by policymakers, and lead 3 sure that the political framework will ously developing our sustainability pro- to value creation here in Germany, thus actually improve. For this reason, we ject at the Allendorf (Eder) head- reducing dependencies. We have the will continue to concentrate on stimu- quarters and rolling it out across the opportunity to save approximately lating the market with the resources at entire group by building carbon-neutral 15 percent of energy consumed in our disposal and start tackling the mod- production sites and sales offices. Germany per year, every year. This is ernization backlog in heating systems. the same amount of energy as pro- Merging fuel sources and duced by German nuclear power plants Alongside offering a comprehensive technologies requires new concepts in the past or, in other words, the range of highly efficient products, ac- It is also a priority to develop overarch- amount of energy delivered to us by companied by relevant marketing cam- ing concepts that enable us to merge Russia in the form of natural gas per paigns, we will continue to be actively heat, cooling, and electricity and to year. This is an opportunity we surely involved in industry bodies and political transform one fuel source into another. do not want to miss. committees. And, above all, we must This would make it possible to exploit engage in an open dialog with our trade the available storage systems and, in Prof. Dr. Martin Viessmann partners, as we have been doing in our turn, offset the fluctuation linked to specialist forums for years – with excel- wind and solar energy generation. We lent feedback. For more information therefore plan to extend our biogas about this, please read the reports systems in the short term, turning about our energy forum and industry them into power-to-gas systems, which forum on page 18. will help to advance this forward-