Energy-efficient and future-oriented: Hager's climate-positive planning and building

Most architects and planners know that building solely from the perspective of design is no longer in tune with the times. In view of the worldwide consequences of advancing climate change, the focus is increasingly shifting towards more environmentally friendly and resource-saving planning and construction.

Electrical engineering company Hager has long been working on future-oriented products and services that enable a more efficient energy supply of buildings, with well-thought-out and standard-compliant comprehensive solutions such as the flow energy management system at the disposal of architects and planners. All of the system components come from in-house and so are perfectly coordinated with each other – a coherent overall installation that is technically up to date and highly future-proofed.

With Hager's flow energy management system, single-family homes can be planned in such a way that they have as little impact on the environment and climate as possible. To this end, an energy storage system stores the solar power from the house's own photovoltaic system, making it available at any time of day or night. In addition, an intelligent energy manager controls the energy flow, taking into account the current electricity price, the current user behaviour, the current weather conditions and the current battery status.

The result: the consumption of mains electricity is minimised and the residential building is supplied with energy as self-sufficiently as possible. Optionally, the system can also be supplemented by the witty solar charging station. It communicates with the energy manager and thus ensures that e-vehicles are preferably charged with electricity from the photovoltaic system on the house roof or from the energy storage unit.

Hager supports architects and planners in their projects not only with innovative product solutions such as flow, but also with technical expertise, for example in the form of webinars. These free-of-charge training courses impart sound knowledge and also provide valuable information. Architects and planners can also learn about climate-positive planning and building.

The expert-led webinars on this topic cover, for example, the flow energy management system, including application cases; they discuss funding opportunities and consulting services for sustainable building; carry out a cost-benefit analysis and present energy-efficient single-family house projects. Practical tips for planning and building single-family houses that have been consistently converted to renewable energies round off the training programme.

In addition to imparting knowledge, Hager also regularly presents inspiring stories. With its so-called ‘out of the box’ stories, architects and planners regularly share their creative ideas and concepts on the company's website. Sascha Arnold, for example, reports in detail on his current project. The Munich-based architect has been building a sustainable home on Lake Ammersee for himself and his family since February 2023.

He also emphasises that today it is no longer just about design, but about building in a way that is as climate- and resource-friendly as possible, and that many new possibilities are currently opening up. His advice: ‘As an architect, you have to turn yourself into a kind of sponge and soak up all the information and solutions that are available. And you have to look for competent partners like Hager, who take a good part of the complexity off your shoulders.’

In addition, Hager accompanies the architect's ambitious project with a construction diary in the form of six short films. The films show architects and planners how they can get maximum sustainability out of their projects in the most practical way. In addition to sustainable and durable building materials, the flow energy management system from Hager plays an important role in the planning and construction of the KfW40 residential building.

Arnold's construction diary provides interesting insights into the interaction of the components and shows how the climate-friendly system combines the photovoltaic system with the heat pump. In any case, the architect's interim conclusion is extremely positive: ‘You learn an incredible amount when building a house like this and you're also surprised at everything that's happening in this area right now – and it's only becoming more and more.’

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