Developed by Daikin Europe N.V. for the European market, Altherma is a heat pump for hot water heaters and heating systems that achieves the highest level of energy efficiency on the market and can provide heating even for sub-freezing temperatures, which makes it ideal for Northern Europe and other extremely cold climates.
When we first released Altherma, European customers were unfamiliar with heat pump heaters and hot water heaters.
That meant we had to inform them of the environmental benefits by doing simulations comparing Altherma with combustion methods and showing the energy-savings obtained by using Altherma. These efforts allowed us to not only convince many customers of Altherma’s superb energy efficiency and safety, but also to make them appreciate the fact that, unlike combustion methods, a heat pump system can be used in summer for cooling, making Altherma a multi-functioning system. We have also been praised for efforts to prevent leakage of refrigerants during installation: Daikin Europe employees are on-site to instruct contractors how to properly install Altherma systems.
We will continue to improve heat pump technology and promote the use of these systems to homes that need them around the world. Bringing comfort to match local needs while contributing to the prevention of global warming—that is the mission of Daikin as it develops and manufactures air-conditioners to sell around the world.
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Daikin Europe was responsible for the entire Altherma creation process -from market research to development and manufacturing.
Conventional combustion space heating and hot water supply systems generate more than 60°C of heat, but users do not necessarily need that much. That’s why Daikin aimed to create low-temperature heating of less than 55°C with Altherma, improving energy efficiency and creating a compact, low-cost unit that could easily be installed in housing complexes.
Altherma was developed by a diverse team, thus ensuring that a variety of opinions and insights would go into the product.The result was a heat pump for hot water heating systems that matches the climate and needs of Europe.
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