MAGAZINE FOR HEATING TECHNOLOGY 3 | 2013 VIESSMANN EXPANDS ACTIVITIES IN TURKEY New plant in Manisa inaugurated 60TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Honorary professorship for Dr. Martin Viessmann VITOSORP 200-F Utilizing condensing efficiency and ambient heat CONTENTS 06 Honorary professorship awarded to 10 Markets: Turkey and Central Asia 34 Overview for the winter season of Dr. Viessmann 2013/2014 EDITORIAL 22 Viessmann heating technology SPORT 02 2013 – A year marked by the supplies Turkmen capital Aşgabat 34 World Cups 2013/2014 sustainable energy era 36 Emerging talents battle their way PRODUCTS to the upper echelons of global 04 NEWS 24 Vitocal with Vitovolt 200, Vitosorp competition 200-F, fresh water modules, 37 Ski jumping: German women and COMPANY Vitomax 100-HS men heading for new heights? 06 6oth birthday ceremony – 37 Viessmann improves heating at the 1 Honorary professorship awarded to COMPANY Kienbaum Federal Training Center Dr. Viessmann 28 Takeover of the Finnish Norpe 08 Images of the ceremony Group VIESSMANN SELECTION 29 Cooperation between Viessmann 38 Accessories for sports fans and MARKETS: TURKEY AND and Panasonic gifts from the Viessmann Selection CENTRAL ASIA 30 Inauguration of second biogas plant 10 New plant for the production of wall- in Allendorf, Germany GUEST ARTICLE mounted gas units in Manisa, Turkey 40 Minister-President Volker Bouffier: 13 Viessmann in Turkey and Central Asia PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS A strong state of Hesse – with 14 Izmir – City of contrasts 32 Sustainable new building for strong companies 16 The heating market in Turkey and Schnepf Planungsgruppe in Nagold, Central Asia Germany Imprint Photos Tel. +49 6452 / 702493 Mark Adel, Uwe Brock, dpa picture-alliance, Fax +49 6452 / 705493 45th year of publication Nico Pudimat, Frank Feisel, Fotolia, E-mail: [email protected] Published: Getty Images, Thomas Hoffmeister, 3 times per year Rolf Kosecki, Rouven Raatz, Hessische Staatskanzlei, „Studio-S“ – Seekamp GmbH Publisher Title: The Viessmann Christmas card – it Prof. Dr. Martin Viessmann Layout visualizes the four useful types of energy Gramm Werbeagentur GmbH heat, cold, steam, and electricity. Editors Alexander Tinter Manfred Greis Lithography and printing Cover page 2: Pre-Christmas mood at the Jörg Schmidt Bernecker Mediagruppe company's headquarters in Allendorf (Eder) Michael Wagner Doris Hofmann Editorial address Cover page 3: New building for the Schnepf Alexander Tinter Viessmann Werke GmbH & Co. KG Planungsgruppe Energietechnik – inside Wolfgang Rogatty Unternehmenskommunikation the ice storage cylinder with a volume of Carsten Lucaßen 35107 Allendorf (Eder) 400 m3 (see pages 32/33) 2013 – A Year Marked by the Sustainable Energy Era What progress has been made? n 2013, politicians and all other players our industry could be instrumental in building refurbishment with the goal Iwith an interest in the sustainable making the politically driven sustainable of improving energy efficiency – the energy era had full agendas. The first energy era successful – not only with its most important measure – were blue- milestone in European energy policy, powerful innovative force, but also with penciled at the last minute. scheduled for 2020, is drawing closer technologies that have been launched and the need for action is becoming as well as tried and tested over a period This is difficult to understand. Because more and more urgent every day. of time. What is essential, however, is it did not involve subsidies, but providing that the current modernization backlog incentives for private investors to invest But what progress has been made? is dealt with as quickly as possible. their capital into measures protecting the environment. 2 The World Climate Conference in But this requires a suitable political Warsaw achieved very little, and global framework. And here progress has also Nevertheless, the current grand CO2 emissions have risen by two been negligible. coalition has basically committed itself percent. This also applies for Germany to the necessity of energy-efficient (plus 20 million t), which had formerly Lack of policy framework building refurbishment and to the recorded steadily decreasing values Although the EU has issued an Energy voluntary use of renewable energy since 1990. Efficiency Directive, it is not yet clear in existing buildings. This has to be how it should be implemented on a seen as positive; experience with Sustainable energy era still equated national level in the member states. the directive of the state of Baden- with turnaround in electricity In addition, in compliance with the ErP Württemberg concerning renewable generation Directive (Energy-Related Products heat (EWärmeG) has shown that Nevertheless, the term "Energiewende", Directive), the EU has adopted an making renewable energy mandatory which is used to refer to the sustainable efficiency-labeling policy for heat can be counterproductive. energy era in Germany, has entered the generators, without having defined the international vocabulary. Unfortunately, technical principles behind it. Private-sector commitment to the however, the term is usually used by "House turnaround" the general public as a synonym for In Germany, there has been very little We have to assume that the a turnaround in electricity generation progress with regard to energy policy political framework will remain policy. this year due to the federal election largely unchanged in 2014. This campaign. Indeed, all expectations makes activities such as the "House It is no secret though, that the heating were pinned on the coalition agree- Turnaround" marketing campaign all the market, as the main energy consumer, ment between the election winners, more important. This campaign, which offers the greatest energy-saving the CDU and SPD parties. Following addresses the entire society, was potential, particularly as its current the publication of this agreement, launched by the German Alliance for systems are completely obsolete. however, disillusionment spread across Energy Efficiency of Buildings (geea) Moreover, the leading international trade our sector. Although it specifically under the leadership of the German fair ISH impressively demonstrated addresses issues related to the Energy Agency (dena) in January with in Frankfurt, Germany in March, that heating market, tax breaks to promote the aim of promoting energy-efficient EDITORIAL "Alongside the heating market, the refrigeration sector also offers immense potential for saving energy and cutting CO2 emissions." the refrigeration sector also offers immense potential for saving energy and cutting CO2 emissions – seven million t per year in Germany alone. Viessmann wins German Sustainability Award for third time As a family business, we have traditionally been committed to sustainability. We have expanded our activities within the company and constructed a new production plant in Manisa (Turkey) as well as a sales office in Dresden, both of which meet the highest standards of energy efficiency and sustainability. We are delighted that our sustainability projects have received recognition in the form of the German Sustainability Award, which we have won for the third time – this time for the highest resource efficiency. I would hereby like 3 to express my heartfelt thanks to the initiators. building refurbishment. It is supported hybrid systems integrating heat-pumps by companies and trade associations with condensing boilers or fuel-cell Thank you and my warmest wishes from the industrial solutions and units as future solutions for the use At this point, I would like to personally building envelope sectors as well as of combined heat and power in single- thank you for the messages and gifts by the German Federal Ministry of the family homes. On the other hand, we I received on my 60th birthday or for Environment and the Federal Ministry have further extended the services we making donations to a charity at my of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs offer to our trade partners – ranging request. – a particularly encouraging sign. from the Energy Savings Check for buildings to automatic flow balancing. Although the sustainable energy era Prof. Dr. Martin Viessmann presents a major challenge for the Comprehensive range of products heating industry, it is also a tremendous also in refrigeration technology opportunity. After the reintegration of Viessmann Kältetechnik GmbH into our group, we Viessmann prepared to meet the took over the Finnish company Norpe, challenges of the future one of the leading European providers At Viessmann, we also worked of refrigeration solutions for the food intensively in 2013 to prepare ourselves retail industry – another important step for these challenges. towards developing a comprehensive range of energy-efficient products also On the one hand, we have added in refrigeration technology, as we have innovative features to our product already done for heating technology. range for sustainable heat and power This is of vital importance as heating generation by developing heat pump and refrigeration are gradually merging. systems with ice-storage cylinders, Indeed, alongside the heating market, Viessmann discussion "red dot award" for forums supply firsthand Vitocal 161-A information This year the series of Viessmann latter being the 14th in the series. The streamlined Academy discussion forums was Renowned climate and energy experts design of the Vitocal 161-A continued with three events in lectured to Viessmann trade partners won over the Allendorf (Eder).