THE
WORLD OF
AIRCONDITIONING
ISSUE 2
December 2011
■ Monovalent Heating with Air-to-Air Heat Pumps ■ Editorial ■ Interesting ARRIVAL OF NEW ESTIA FOLDER TRAININGS IN GRAZ & UK
■ ESTIA Air-to-Water Heat Pump ■ Team Completed! New faces at AIR-COND
■ Ready for pension ■ TOSHI-BEAR is thinking about… Christmas
■ AIR-COND training activities ■ DATES 2011 - 12 ■ Annual plant shutdown
EDITORIAL
CASTLE RABENSTEIN – an amazing reference for monovalent heating with air-to-air heat pumps
Even the smaller republics like Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina or Macedonia have achieved good results this year, which gives us confidence for the next year.
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ithin the last few years, the nearly 900 year old castle has been rebuilt into a modern meeting point for conferences and events. The historic building is heated by a TOSHIBA VRF system as it has crystallized to be the perfect solution from the ecological and economic point of view.
Next year we will also concentrate on our strengths and practice “easy doing business” with you, because just the directness, clarity and simplicity, with which we do our business, is rewarded every day.
Thus the Castle Rabenstein, as Europe’s largest air-toair heat pump system in historical buildings, will for sure play a leading role in the heating of such kind of buildings in the future. The final report of the project “New4Old” European Renewable Energy Council’s informs about 18.000 castles in Europe either having no heating system or changing better to a more energy-efficient one. A study by the technical office of Bernhard Hammer GmbH shows imposingly that the costs of acquisition but also the current operation costs are significant below comparable heating alternatives. In addition, the installation of air-to-air heat pumps is far gentler to the building substance than in comparison to other technologies. To be in the position to deliver also a science-based verification regarding the efficiency of heat pump sys-
The year draws to a close and all the challenges and work-intensive weeks the year 2011 brought with it seem to be far away. The question of whether it has been more strenuous than usual, is moot. The success in 2011 speaks for itself: sales records in Austria and the Czech Republic, a strengthened team and a very positive feedback from our partners that appreciate our activities around TOSHIBA air conditioning and reward them with loyalty!
tems, there has been launched a monitoring, accompanied, reviewed and evaluated by the Technical University Graz. For this purpose, also the CI Hochegger Research Foundation for innovative energy systems, as a cooperation partner of the Graz University of Technology, was established. There is no question that the Castle Rabenstein represents an extraordinary reference for monovalent heating and that skeptics can be convinced simply of the efficiency of a TOSHIBA VRF system by facts and figures. More and more TOSHIBA partners use the opportunity to visit this impressive reference with clients, architects and key accounts. Perhaps it is also a topic for you in the near future?
Focus on Your strengths, ignore all the negative media coverage and fight again also in 2012 with us, with TOSHIBA! In this sense I wish You, Your family and employees a wonderful Christmas time and the very best for 2012. Jürgen Unterrainer