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If you want to stay comfortably warm indoors in autumn and winter, you usually have to Turn up the heat. That your own four walls can also be done without it Heat pump or keeping oil and gas heating warm, was shown by Hans-Günther Schwarz from Altdorf in Franconia. The architect has designed a house without traditional heating, which is heated exclusively using solar power and special insulation.
Heating with sunlight and extreme insulation
Again Bavarian Radio (BR) reports, the special feature of the approximately 60 square meter concept house lies in its outer walls. At around 75 centimeters, these are almost twice as thick as those of normal existing buildings. The energy source of the barrier-free house is one Solar system on the roof. From there, the solar power travels to a brick storage block placed under the floor of the house. The heating cables running through the storage block heat up to around 40 degrees Celsius and continuously release the heat into the rooms. At the same time, the architect relies on an insulation layer made of bricks with wood fiber filling that surrounds the entire building. The temperature can be monitored conveniently using a tablet. Currently the “ZiHaus“The project, dubbed “, was examined for its heating efficiency.
Reduce heating costs with special paint
A company from Bayreuth is pursuing an equally interesting approach to more efficient heating. The company has now developed an electrically conductive special paint based on carbon particles that heats walls, floors or ceilings using electricity. According to the BR, the special heating paint can completely replace other types of heating and in combination with good building insulation Significantly reduce heating costs. According to inventor Walter Schütz, the heating paint has already been used in hundreds of construction projects.
Source: German