Hello.
I understand you, everything is correct and fine so far. This also applies to 99% of new construction projects, yet there are occasional houses that deviate from this standard. It is also true that you gradually heat the neighboring rooms. If it were that simple, you could make a heating circuit in the middle of the house and heat the entire house from there. That doesn’t work; there will be local differences, even if they are by far not as large as in an old building.
It is also correct that, for reasons of efficiency, one operates a heat pump with the lowest possible flow temperature. It also makes complete sense to forego a large buffer tank, which further increases efficiency. There are also projects where maximum efficiency is ignored and deliberately rejected. We have a 1000l layered storage tank. Just the costs for the tiled stove with everything included... for that, I could surely heat alone with the heat pump for 30 years. That will never pay off. But does every year’s new iPhone, the latest TV, or the newest car pay off? Or even a second vehicle? There are certainly reasons why one might deviate from the ideal picture. In any case, I’m already looking forward to lighting the tiled stove early and in the afternoon in winter. One burn releases about 30kWh of heat for the house (waste heat through the chimney already deducted). Of that, 21kWh goes into the storage over 3 to 4 hours and 9kWh into the living room and the flues. There is nothing nicer than chopping wood...
... maybe the system will later run with the minimum flow temperature, maybe not. What stops me from installing an actuator with power-off circuit open and integrating it into the KNX system? They can remain open. Then I can freely decide whether to leave the flow temperature as is or raise it a bit and use the actuators for that. I can do it, but I DO NOT HAVE TO. Are we here dealing with a religion where everything has to run according to a strict pattern?
The current new build narrowly misses KfW55. Flow temperatures are also quite low, but more than 30 degrees higher than in the new build. In winter, the flow temperatures here can sometimes be between 35 and 40 degrees. Our current smart home control works great with these flow temperatures.
... so maybe a few insights that not everything always has to be black and white. Maybe my possibility to control it is overdimensioned or I don’t even use it. Who knows, but it doesn’t matter either.