TBE for the industry | Dr. Schönheit + Partner Köln

Technical Building Equipment

Creating sustainable spaces:
with innovative energy and building technology

Industrial companies face the major challenge of implementing climate targets and legal requirements. In addition, companies must cope with rapidly rising energy prices using robust technology.

In existing buildings, for example, the original use of the building may change over the years. Or the location may no longer meet today’s building technology requirements. This presents many building owners with the complex task of renewing the building technology so that downtime is minimized and the new requirements are met.

But regardless of whether it is a new building, renovation, or modernization, numerous aspects must be harmonized to make buildings sustainable: renewable energies, drinking water hygiene, sustainability, reliable technologies, and spaces with a high quality of stay.

Such an extensive project requires expertise, experience, and foresight. To be able to concentrate on your core business, it is advisable to have an expert in Technical Building Equipment (TBE) in industrial construction at your side. We offer all specialist disciplines holistically and are available to you as your central point of contact for all planning questions.

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Felix Krükel

Senior Manager, TGA

Less energy, more reliability and comfort

Building technology is the heart of your building. Not only does it ensure reliable supply and disposal – it also creates spaces with a high quality of life. Spaces that offer people a high level of comfort, support machines in their productivity, and thus promote the competitiveness of your entire company.

As a holistic partner, we accompany your individual flagship project from the initial concept study to property monitoring. With our many years of experience as consultants and planners for factories of the future, we provide you with comprehensive support, including the transition to your optimal energy design. Together with you, we develop a customized technology mix for energy generation, storage, and use. This is because the intelligent synchronization of energy generators and consumers improves the efficiency of your energy flows – and reduces your operating costs.

In addition, we systematically identify energy efficiency potential – in production, logistics, and buildings. On this basis, we develop a structured roadmap to tap into this potential. This gives you all the tools you need to implement resource savings in a structured manner and reduce your costs. At the same time, you increase the security of your energy supply and make an active contribution to environmental and climate protection.

We generally provide our planning and consulting services on an interdisciplinary basis as part of general planning projects. But architects, project developers, builders, and investors can also take advantage of our expertise.

3 elements for your future-proof building equipment

As part of our sustainability projects and building technology plannings, we analyze and optimize your plant with a focus on energy flows in production and logistics.

1. Energy design

How can you achieve optimal energy use?

Your business goals, legal framework, as well as technical and geographical feasibility are key factors in designing your target energy system. First, we establish a shared, comprehensive understanding of your current and future energy needs. Based on this, we develop scenarios for your future energy generation, always taking into account security of supply, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability.

The findings are evaluated using the ECO-System Radar and potential target technologies are identified. The results are summarized in a clear target energy architecture. Concrete investment measures can be derived based on the target energy mix. We also take into account public funding opportunities for your project.

2. State-of-the-art TBE planning

Would you like to renovate or modernize an existing building, or are you planning a new one?

We will work with you to develop a customized plan in several steps – from the initial idea to commissioning a general contractor. Our experts will accompany you in accordance with HOAI, acronym for Honorarordnung für Architekten und Ingenieure (honorarium regulations for architects and engineers), in all service phases (1 - 8) in the following trades:

Renewable energy technology
Wastewater, water, and gas systems
Heat supply
Ventilation and air conditioning systems (ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration technology)
Electrical systems
Communication, security, and information technology systems
Conveyor systems (elevator technology)
Application-specific systems
Building and system automation

3. Technical site management

How do you ensure that the planned qualities are implemented?

After intensive collaboration during the planning phase of your flagship project, we are particularly keen to also support you during the construction phase. To ensure that the desired qualities are implemented after the contract has been awarded to the general contractor, it makes sense to integrate our TGA experts into the entire construction process for technical site management.

Understand. Evaluate. Select. Implement.

We work with you to develop a strategy for the energy design and the future building technology of your company. To do this, we first ensure a comprehensive understanding of all energy flows in your business. Based on this, we create your current energy architecture, identify areas for action, and evaluate possible target technologies.

We summarize the results in an individual target energy architecture. From this, we derive economic and sustainable measures to systematically implement future investments. Of course, we also examine the possibilities for obtaining government subsidies.

The target energy architecture also serves as demand planning for our further building services planning. Our specialist engineers for energy and building technology accompany you through all HOAI service phases of technical building equipment – and support you in planning future-proof supply technology for your building.

Our goal is to optimize the entire building technology in the best possible way while meeting the requirements for sustainable energy use and rooms with a high quality of stay.

Our services cover all HOAI service phases in all cost groups (KG) 400 of DIN 276: