Engineering & Works

Thanks to the stand-out solution it offered, Schoro Electricité, a business unit from the northern division of France, was selected by the social landlord Alsace Habitat to replace the entire obsolete heating system in its La Marne student residence, in the city of Strasbourg (East of France). The building dates from 1995 and contains 97 apartments on six floors.

The existing heating system was composed of electric convection heaters managed centrally using a protocol that had become impossible to maintain, plus infrared strips in the bathrooms. In partnership with Schneider Electrique, Schoro Electricité took the initiative to offer the landlord an innovative, connected radiant heating system providing a 52% reduction in related electrical load. This enables a 30% to 40% reduction in contract power, with lower fixed costs as a result.

The newly installed radiators are made by Verelec from metallised glass plates and use a technology known as ionic pulverisation, which generates large quantities of uniform long-wave infrared rays. This type of installation heats objects, frames and walls by radiation – the air is heated indirectly, meaning that soft, comforting heat is evenly distributed from floor to ceiling.

The quantity of allergens circulating is reduced because air mixing due to convection is minimized, so the system also helps improve air quality.

Thanks to this technology, the power needed to heat a room can be reduced by up to 50% while actually improving the feeling of warmth.

With regard to building management, the BMS is replaced by an Egreen monitoring portal that facilitates onsite and remote management via phone or tablet. Data monitoring ensures greater user comfort while optimizing energy consumption.