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Swiss-made energy recovery for demanding buildings

Konvekta designs, delivers and supports advanced energy recovery systems that capture and reuse thermal energy in demanding buildings such as hospitals, laboratories, universities and other complex facilities.

Our purpose is to help make buildings carbon-neutral by recovering energy that would otherwise be lost. Every day, vast amounts of energy are wasted as heat is vented into the atmosphere. We help recover that energy, delivering maximum energy recovery with the lowest lifecycle cost.

For decades, we have developed and manufactured every core component of our energy recovery technology in house. Headquartered in St. Gallen, Switzerland, where our development and production are based, we employ approximately 90 people across our core regions in DACH, the USA and Asia.

Built on decades of innovation

In 1975 Konvekta started the development of software for the energetic and economic optimization of energy recovery systems. Later, the building simulation program DOE-2 was integrated as a basis for these optimization calculations.

Due to the first extensive calculations in supercomputer centers of that time, Konvekta was able to gain a technological advantage early on. The latest computer platforms and innovative calculation algorithms significantly shortened the computing time for simulations and optimizations, enabling Konvekta to implement detailed calculations in the Digital Twin approach with high precision in the shortest possible time. Today, the Konvekta Controller is able to perform demand-based control, provide proof of energy recovery, and ensure continuous function monitoring of the entire system. Thanks to this continuous development, Konvekta systems are world leaders with their unique technology.

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Milestones

  1. Zero Emission Energy Recovery System (ZEERS)

    Market entry with the new ZEERS. By integrating a heat pump/chiller, the high-performance energy recovery system can be operated without the use of fossil fuels.

    2021-2022

  2. Expansion of the production and office building in St. Gallen-Winkeln

    Doubling of production capacity

    2021-2022

  3. Founding of Konvekta GmbH in Vienna, Austria

    Strengthening of market activities in Austria

    2019

  4. Founding of Konvekta China in Shanghai

    Strengthening of market activities in Austria

    2018

  5. Application of new approaches to mathematics

    Development of the promising market in China

    2016

  6. Introduction of the 4th generation of the Konvekta Controller

    Substantial extension of the control and monitoring functions. Thanks to the new user interface, detailed function monitoring is possible.

    2014

  7. Market entry in Austria

    Cooperation with an established sales and service partner

    2013

  8. Foundation of Konvekta USA Inc. in Princeton

    Development of the North American market (USA and Canada)

    2010

  9. Introduction of the 3rd generation of the Konvekta Controller

    The software is newly created in large part and enables even more complex systems to be controlled more precisely.

    2010

  10. Introduction of the 2nd generation of the Konvekta Controller

    Integration of the latest hardware generation and renewal of the software. The continuous comparison between the calculated TARGET values of important plant data and the actually achieved ACTUAL values allows an assessment of the plant operation. Any malfunctions are immediately detected, analyzed and reported. This continuous function monitoring enables a significant increase in operational reliability.

    2007

  11. First Konvekta Controller

    Control of the entire energy recovery system. With the delivery not only of the ERS heat exchangers, but also of the ERS regulation and the hydraulic assembly, the step from component supplier to system supplier was made.

    1998

  12. Integration of the DOE-2 building simulation program

    Thanks to the hourly calculations of all 8760 hours of a year, the variable uses of the building in the course of the day and the resulting variable operating conditions could be taken into account.

    1993

  13. Founding of Convecta GmbH Germany

    First market expansion abroad

    1992

  14. Further development of the software

    Adaptation to changing requirements (e.g. single-stage, two-stage, with variable air volume flow rates).

    1980-1990

  15. Development of the first software for the energetic optimization of cycle multiple zone systems

    Already at that time, energy quantities, instead of a power at only one operating point, were used as the basis of ERS optimization.

    1975-1979

  16. Founding of Konvekta AG in St. Gallen-Winkeln

    Production of laminated air heaters, air coolers, convectors

    1949

See how much energy your project could recover.

Every day, buildings vent valuable energy into the atmosphere. Recovering that energy reduces emissions, lowers operating costs and improves long-term building performance. Using our Digital Twin approach, we calculate the energy recovery potential, operating costs and return on investment before construction begins.

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