200-year-old half-timbered house becomes an energy-efficient home
It had to be efficient and quiet. The Rübesam family was looking for a heat pump for their historic building in a densely built-up area. Their half-timbered house from the 19th century has 380 square metres - with this considerable size, it offered demanding conditions for transforming it into an energy-efficient home. With the help of Dimplex and local heating engineer Stefan Schnapp, a new chapter has been added to the house's history: From now on, modern heat pump technology will ensure optimum heating operation in the historic, almost 200-year-old building.
The transformation into an energy-efficient home was achieved with the LA TBS.
Infos
The object
- Half-timbered house
- almost 200 years old from the 19th century
- 380 m²
- Refurbishment measures:
- New heating distribution system with underfloor heating on the ground floor and radiators on the upper floors
- Replacement of defective windows
- Oil heating previously installed
One year after the installation: instead of over 4,000 litres of heating oil per year, the Rübesam family now only uses around 10,000 kWh of electricity for heating.
Innovative solutions for demanding challenges
The heat pump
Following a room-by-room heat load calculation, the Dimplex LA TBS was selected - a heat pump specially designed for use in buildings with larger heating loads. The system was designed for a flow temperature of 55°C. The backyard proved to be the perfect installation location, as the Dimplex heat pump is particularly quiet in operation thanks to its innovative design and flow-optimised construction.
Homeowner Simon Rübesam is not only pleased about the significant energy savings and the resulting lower costs. ‘As a family, we are also improving our carbon footprint.’ And installer Stefan Schnapp is also impressed: ‘The Dimplex heat pump really does work extremely efficiently - even in such an old building.’