And in the future I will refrain from energy efficiency topics again, I just have my own views on that :p
No, please, more of that! The days are over when you can say "Cold -> turn heating up to 5 and that's fine." As long as energy is an expensive and scarce resource, it needs to have a stronger presence in our consciousness. It starts with an efficient design and operation of the heating system. "flow30" is a keyword worth googling. I don't know if there has been a rethink since the war, but until a few months ago, in my impression, gas was still the standard for many heating contractors. It's just easy and... "we've always done it this way." Maybe there was a crash course on heat pumps and since then... whoever really wants one... :rolleyes: just gets one of those heat pump things. Oh, and there are things to consider like pipe spacing, pressure losses, volume flows... We just design everything as cheaply as possible (cheap for the heating guy) and give the builder a 1000L buffer tank for his 8m² utility room. Because the house obviously doesn't have enough heat(storage) capacity with 16 tons of screed yet. That one ton of water then of course makes all the difference! Then you don't have to keep the pipe spacing that tight; volume flows and hydraulic balancing also aren't such a big deal anymore... I am having exactly that installed in my house. I couldn't choose, because the general contractor commissioned the electrician and he... drumroll... has always done it that way. I tried to talk him out of the buffer tank, but no, no, no, that's how it has to be, there's no other way, it's this or nothing... Considering that I can't choose the electrician myself because of the general contractor and on top of that probably couldn't find another one in these times, especially not within a few weeks... I guess I'll have to swallow that bitter pill. It just annoys me, you could probably make the whole system about 20% more efficient and even leave out technology (buffer tanks and room thermostats). It would even be cost-neutral in terms of initial investment. The point is, it would be more work for the installer during installation. It's easier to just put a buffer tank in and be done with it. The customer pays the electricity bill anyway.