EFAFLEX takes sustainability to a new level with the EFA Energy-Saver. The Energy-Saver calculates the potential savings when using EFAFLEX high-speed doors and presents them visually. Jan Hauffe, Head of Business Intelligence and Sustainability, explains the special features of the Energy-Saver in an interview.
Mr. Hauffe, EFAFLEX is underlining its ambitions when it comes to sustainability with the EFA Energy-Saver. How would you explain the Energy-Saver in a few sentences?
Our customers, especially architects, planners and energy consultants, are in urgent need of actionable data for their work when it comes to energy savings. Specifically, it is a question of how much energy and CO2 can be saved through the use of individual products. The EFA Energy-Saver can display this data on the reduction of emissions achievable by using high-speed doors.
How do you ensure that the EFA Energy-Saver can present a wide variety of cases?
A wide range of realistic values are available when it comes to the number of doors or the level of energy costs, and these can be individually adjusted. An appropriate value can therefore be calculated for every user.
What sets the EFA Energy-Saver apart from other sustainability calculators?
The results are much more concrete and reliable, and they are also output in three different units (kWh, tons of CO2, €). This indication is generally understandable, since we like to make the abstract values easy to visualise through comparative images such as the energy consumption of an electric car, the number of mature trees needed for compensation or similar.
What scientific study is the EFA Energy-Saver based on?
The physical and scientific basis for the calculator is a study by the Technical University of Munich. We are also working with a very experienced and well-known energy consulting company.
Tell us about the outlook. What can we expect from the EFA Energy-Saver in the future?
Global climate data will be available in future developments so that the potential savings can be calculated even more accurately. Cooling and heating energy data will also be available, because some rooms or buildings are also cooled. In some cases, both cooling and heating energy are required. Furthermore, the Energy-Saver will also identify government subsidy opportunities that are available to the client thanks to a more sustainable orientation in their project.
Mr. Hauffe, EFAFLEX is underlining its ambitions when it comes to sustainability with the EFA Energy-Saver. How would you explain the Energy-Saver in a few sentences?
Our customers, especially architects, planners and energy consultants, are in urgent need of actionable data for their work when it comes to energy savings. Specifically, it is a question of how much energy and CO2 can be saved through the use of individual products. The EFA Energy-Saver can display this data on the reduction of emissions achievable by using high-speed doors.
How do you ensure that the EFA Energy-Saver can present a wide variety of cases?
A wide range of realistic values are available when it comes to the number of doors or the level of energy costs, and these can be individually adjusted. An appropriate value can therefore be calculated for every user.
What sets the EFA Energy-Saver apart from other sustainability calculators?
The results are much more concrete and reliable, and they are also output in three different units (kWh, tons of CO2, €). This indication is generally understandable, since we like to make the abstract values easy to visualise through comparative images such as the energy consumption of an electric car, the number of mature trees needed for compensation or similar.
What scientific study is the EFA Energy-Saver based on?
The physical and scientific basis for the calculator is a study by the Technical University of Munich. We are also working with a very experienced and well-known energy consulting company.
Tell us about the outlook. What can we expect from the EFA Energy-Saver in the future?
Global climate data will be available in future developments so that the potential savings can be calculated even more accurately. Cooling and heating energy data will also be available, because some rooms or buildings are also cooled. In some cases, both cooling and heating energy are required. Furthermore, the Energy-Saver will also identify government subsidy opportunities that are available to the client thanks to a more sustainable orientation in their project.
