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Lufttechnik Schmeißer GmbH hat sich auf eine Technik spezialisiert,
die Lüftung, Heizung und Kühlung nur über die Luft ermöglicht
Lufttechnik Schmeißer GmbH specialises in a technology that can
vent, heat, and cool solely via the medium of air


1999 gründete er das Büro DEIG-Energietechnik, das in
Berlin die G.E.O.S. Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH mit insgesamt to heat fresh air that is then supplied to each room over storage systems in Europe. In the mid 80s, he supervised the
130 Mitarbeitern vertritt. Neben Systemen für die Wand- a ventilation system. According to Thomas Schmeißer, deep drilling work for the first geothermal heat project in
lung erneuerbarer Energien führt das Büro Machbarkeits- “Radiators and underfloor heating are superfluous.” In Germany, in Waren, Müritz.
studien für Tiefbohrungen zur Nutzung von Erdwärme addition, a special system recovers the heat from the
durch. So hat Giese das Erdwärmeprojekt im bayerischen outgoing air, which is likewise used to heat fresh air. In In 1999 he set up in Berlin the office DEIG-Energietechnik,
Traunreut/Chiemgau vorbereitet. Ein Investorenteam ist summer, the heat pump is simply switched off: the earth which acted for the company G.E.O.S. Ingenieurgesellschaft
dort mit seiner Unterstützung in etwa 5.300 Meter Tiefe then supplies saline solution at 10 °C – and passive cooling mbH with a total workforce of 130. Besides systems for con-
vorgestoßen und baut in den nächsten fünfzig Jahren Erd- is the result. verting renewable energies, the office conducts feasibility
wärme zur Stromerzeugung und zur Fernwärmeversorgung studies into deep drilling projects for the utilisation of geo-
der Stadt Traunreut ab. The heating energy consumed in the building is only 10–15 thermal heat. For example, Giese prepared the geothermal
watts per square metre. Comparable buildings consume 40 heat project in the Bavarian town of Traunreut, Chiemgau.
In Adlershof ist DEIG an einem Forschungsprojekt betei- to 100 watts or more. Many neighbours have declared their There, he assisted a team of investors in penetrating to a
ligt, das oberflächennahe Grundwasserleiter, sogenannte interest. A similar plant has already been realised at the depth of about 5,300 metres. The next fifty years will see
Aquifere, als Energiespeicher erschließen will. Welches company Bestec, likewise an Adlershof resident. the extraction of geothermal heat for generating electricity
Potenzial darin steckt, kann Giese noch nicht sagen. Da hält and maintaining a district heating network for Traunreut.
es der Bohrspezialist mit dem alten Bergmannsspruch: „Vor If a geothermal energy project wants to go even deeper than
der Hacke ist es duster.“ mh 100 metres into the earth, Klaus-Dieter Giese is the man to In Adlershof, DEIG is involved in a research project to utilise
ask. This qualified deep drilling specialist and mechanical the energy storage capacity of so called aquifers, under-
ground layers of ground water close to the earth’s surface.
engineer has worked on virtually all deep drilling projects
Air conditioning in the former GDR. His expertise also enjoyed great demand Giese is unable to make any statements on the potential so
abroad. In Ukraine, he was involved in the conversion of
far. Instead, he recites the old German miner’s saying: “It’s
all dark off the pick.”
a disused natural gas reservoir into one of the largest gas
systems of the future





The indoor ski resort Ski Dubai is located in one of the hottest regions on the planet. Whereas
outside the temperatures have been known to climb to 45 °C, inside, the 22,000 square metres
of snow covered surface has to be kept below the freezing point – with cooling technology from
Polar Refrigeration. In matters of cooling, ventilation, or geothermal heat, many other Adlershof
firms provide knowhow that has launched them to the top of their fields.


P olar Refrigeration, the subsidiary of Taha Investment cool solely via the medium of air. Over a hundred years

Group in Dubai, settled in Adlershof in 2011 with the intent old, this family enterprise has been a resident of Berlin-
of “tapping into the technology park’s scientific resources”, Adlershof for thirteen of them. The production facilities
confided Managing Director Nizar Taha. “Supported by our this company shares with LTB Berlin manufacture ventila-
team of industrial refrigeration engineers, we can offer our tion systems and heat pumps for single family homes, mul-
customers turnkey systems for most cooling applications.” tiple dwellings, schools, sports halls, and other buildings.
The company specialises in custom refrigeration units for One reference project is the company’s own building Am
industry. One of its achievements was the installation of an Studio 2c, which it moved into one and a half years ago.
entire system that produces 50 tonnes of flake ice used in “It’s a passive house style building supplied with geother-
the manufacture of concrete. The system is mobile and can mal heat,” explained the joint owner Thomas Schmeißer.
be transported from location to location.
Multiple boreholes a hundred metres deep supply a stable
The air conditioning systems of tomorrow belong to the core flow of saline water at 10 °C. In winter, a heat pump
expertise of Adlershof companies. Lufttechnik Schmeißer compresses the energy extracted from the earth and
GmbH specialises in a technology that can vent, heat, and converts it into a form suitable for heating. This is used


Start der Bohrung in Traunreut
Drilling in Traunreut

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