ᐅ Does it make sense to install an air conditioning system?
Created on: 17 Jun 2019 23:51
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Illya-Berlin
Hello,
we are soon building an urban villa with two full floors in Brandenburg (Barnim).
Construction method: double-layer masonry (15 cm (6 inches) lightweight clay wall elements + 14 cm (6 inches) mineral wool insulation + 11 cm (4 inches) facing bricks, so a wall thickness of 40 cm (16 inches)).
Now we need to decide whether we require air conditioning so that the construction company can plan the necessary openings and electrical installation accordingly. For us, only a split system for one or two rooms is an option (kitchen, because it gets hot when cooking / living room or bedroom).
Unfortunately, we cannot assess whether it is really necessary, whether the rooms become uncomfortably warm during hot days like the last two weeks, or if they stay cool due to the construction style of a detached house.
Does anyone have any experience?
We appreciate any advice.
Best regards
we are soon building an urban villa with two full floors in Brandenburg (Barnim).
Construction method: double-layer masonry (15 cm (6 inches) lightweight clay wall elements + 14 cm (6 inches) mineral wool insulation + 11 cm (4 inches) facing bricks, so a wall thickness of 40 cm (16 inches)).
Now we need to decide whether we require air conditioning so that the construction company can plan the necessary openings and electrical installation accordingly. For us, only a split system for one or two rooms is an option (kitchen, because it gets hot when cooking / living room or bedroom).
Unfortunately, we cannot assess whether it is really necessary, whether the rooms become uncomfortably warm during hot days like the last two weeks, or if they stay cool due to the construction style of a detached house.
Does anyone have any experience?
We appreciate any advice.
Best regards
S
Steffen8023 Jun 2019 21:08Snowy36 schrieb:
If you have photovoltaic panels, that’s good, but without them you move further away from low-energy concepts and so on...
Building a KfW 40 house, insulating ten times better to make sure no heat is lost in winter, and then cooling it down in summer with air conditioning—I don’t think that fits together. We don’t do that KfW nonsense.
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hampshire23 Jun 2019 22:07Steffen80 schrieb:
We don’t have any KfW nonsense That is certainly debatable. Build a house with a heating system powered 100% by renewable energy sources, requiring no transportation and no pipelines or ducts at all. On top of that, you generate more electricity than the house needs through photovoltaic panels. You would fail all KfW standards and wouldn’t qualify for any funding.
That sounds kind of nonsensical, doesn’t it?