Schneider Haustechnik (Zürich)

The year 2003 was an eventful year for Schneider Haustechnik. We proudly look back on 75 years of tradition and experience of our company. Our efforts for the benefit of our customers are still our top priority in the 4th generation.

The past 79 years have brought enormous technical progress in sanitary and heating technology, which also required constant changes and adaptations in our company. Especially in stormy times our company needs a strong support, which we have experienced in you as a loyal regular customer. Therefore, this anniversary can justifiably fill us with pride. It proves that we have succeeded in combining tradition and progress in a happy way. It is thanks to the committed cooperation of all generations, who have understood how to maintain themselves even in difficult and worrying times, that we can look back on such a successful past.

Heating When you feel warm and cozy, it is not always love that is responsible. A well-functioning heating system in the house is important in our latitudes.

A whole range of heat generators and distribution systems are installed today. The spectrum from the cheap oil operation to the environmentally friendly solar energy.

Energy efficiency and ecology play an increasingly important role in the field of heating technology.

In the future, it will no longer be individual devices that are offered, but coordinated modules with solved interfaces that form the entire heating system in combination.

Even retrofits, for example solar collectors for domestic water heating, can be integrated into other energy sources thanks to module technology.

In the heating oil sector, the trend toward condensing boiler technology and low-sulfur heating oil is becoming increasingly important. Compact cabinet units are also attracting increasing attention in the gas sector, especially for single-family homes and apartment buildings.

The high level of environmental awareness and the demand for energy efficiency can be met by combining a basic unit with solar technology for oil, gas or heat pumps. Another possibility is to provide for a later solar system already in new buildings. In this way, the investment can be kept within limits.

Also in other areas, such as qualitatively improved building envelopes, and requirements for Minergie building fabric, great progress has been made and allows smaller heat-generating devices that require less space and can be better regulated.

Which energy source is right for your needs depends on many factors. The following pages can provide some insight. Or let us advise you.

Heat pumps Say daddy, why doesn't our house have a chimney. Every house has a chimney and it smokes out. Every child knows that.

However, not every child knows that today there are mature, competitive heating technologies that no longer require a chimney.

A heat pump is a thermodynamic heating machine that transports heat from a lower to a higher level. The energy from the heat source groundwater, geothermal heat or air causes the working fluid of the heat pump, which is under low pressure, to evaporate in the evaporator. The working fluid vapor is compressed to a high pressure, which also increases the temperature.

The resulting higher temperature is transferred to the heating medium and provides comfortable heat throughout the house. Heat pump technology already has a 25-year tradition. Already each third single-family house is equipped today with a heat pump. This is not surprising, because heat pumps are the smart alternative to traditional heating with fossil fuels, both for new buildings and for renovations.

When will you switch to environmentally friendly heating?
Let us advise you whether the installation of a heat pump or possibly a solar energy system is possible for you.

Sanitary When planning a new building, a conversion or a renovation, it is first necessary to clarify the wishes and requirements of the client. For example, should the bathroom be luxurious, simple, designed for a small family, a single person or a large family. All these wishes can be realized with professional competence.

An important place is the bathroom, where the day begins and also ends. With the right design, this place can contribute to the well-being.

In this day and age, the bathroom has become a special place where you can relax from stress and take care of yourself. Thus, it is particularly important that the bathroom is designed to meet the needs of its users. The most diverse wishes, be it for wellness, playful romance or matter-of-fact coolness, can be satisfied today with the wide range of products on offer.

Also, the most diverse materials such as marble, mosaic, glass, chrome and wood and with the lighting design properly combined leave nothing to be desired.

Let yourself drift in the bathroom, relax and dream. A bubble bath, fragrant vapors or water massages will put you in a special atmosphere of well-being.

For detailed product information select the desired links of our suppliers.

**Solar energy An inexhaustible, free and healthy source of energy!

More and more people realize and feel today that we are putting our living conditions at risk by using energy the way we do today. Fossil fuels are much too precious to "only" generate heat, respectively to be burned.

Solar energy does not produce harmful emissions and it improves our quality of life significantly! The solar radiation that hits the ground in our country on a sunny day corresponds to a power of 1.0 KW/m2 at noon. We use this energy with solar collkets.

How do you "shower" with the sun?
This is how the system works. The solar energy gained in the collectors is transferred to the domestic water by a special solar heat exchanger. It is particularly pleasing that even with weak solar radiation excellent heat yields are obtained. Hot water is available to you after only a short time. When do you "shower" with the sun?

High costs?
A solar system does not cost the earth, but helps to protect the environment. Thanks to tax concessions and subsidies (depending on the canton or municipality), "solar showering" becomes even cheaper!

New buildings Due to many years of experience in the field of building services, we have already built many smaller and larger new buildings.

Let us advise you, we will be happy to create a concept for your building project.

As in the past, it will also be important in the future to always adapt to new developments in good time so as not to be overrun by them. This means not only adapting to technical progress, but also to tougher competition and new legislation, e.g. in the environmental and energy sectors. All this requires continuous training, as well as comprehensive education of our employees.

**Excerpt from the company profile Schneider Haustechnik

Foundation:** by Carl Schneider & Hans Weilenmann on July 1, 1928

2. Generation: 1937 handover to Karl Schneider 3. Generation: 1979 handover to Walter Schneider 4. Generation: 1998 Handover to Christoph Schneider

Employees: technical sanitary planners, sanitary installers, heating installers

Activity: Plumbing installations, bathroom and kitchen renovations, repair services, boiler replacements, solar energy installations, new constructions and reconstructions