Multi-family buildings

Increase the attractiveness of your multi-family building

Modern heating technology gives property owners and managers numerous ways to improve energy efficiency in their buildings. Whether planning a new build, renovation or refurbishment.
Danfoss aims to bring the full benefits of efficient heating systems to everyone involved in apartment block living. This means achieving a better return on investment, lower overall costs, greater comfort and safety, and reduced environmental impact.

Multiple application design options are available for all sorts of projects, from renovations to new builds.
User needs, functional requirements, budget and investment returns must all be taken into consideration when selecting the right solution.

How we can help you

For residents

Affordable rent and utilities with no surprises
Hygenic domestic hot water whenever I need it
Individual temperature zones - anytime, everywhere
Modern building services - that I don't have to worry about
No noises from the heating system and all the radiators give off heat
Modern heating technology that gives the environment a break

For owners

Stable costs during planning and implementation of renovation and new-build projects
Lowest possible investment with rapid payback
Retains its value over the long.term: easy to rent, easy to sell
No need for legionella testing
Satisfied tenants: no complaints due to noise or under-supply to individual radiators
Reliable heating technology - easy to operate and easy to bill

EvoFlat: Take control of energy costs

The Danfoss flat station concept "EvoFlat" comprises an installation, for which flat stations that are supplied from a central energy source are built into each flat. These units normally incorporate a compact plate heat exchanger, which delivers instantaneous hot water on demand and a differential pressure control valve to control the heating flow to the tenants’ radiators.

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Related applications

Domestic hot water

Danfoss Domestic Hot Water systems provide everything for the production, storage, hydronic balancing, temperature control and temperature logging for drinking water in non-residential and multi-family house buildings. The systems established are high performing, provide comfort and hygiene and ensure maximum possible protection against legionella.
Energy metering

In buildings with multiple users, energy metering can be used to identify what amount of heating or cooling energy each user has consumed. Danfoss offers a broad range of ultrasonic heat and cool meters, as well as related Automatic Meter Reading solutions.
Heating and cooling source

Danfoss can help you reduce costs and maintain a clean, quiet and dependable source of heat for your building. We offer a broad range of products and components related to boilers, heat pumps and chillers. All of these have on/off control and are easy to install and commission.
Hydronic balancing and control

Danfoss Hydronic balance and control solutions ensure an optimized distribution of heating and cooling water in HVAC systems. The recommended solution depends on the system; constant flow or variable flow systems, the application; heating and/or cooling and heat emitters; radiators, terminal units or others.
Room temperature control

Radiator thermostats and room temperature controller systems compensate for fluctuating heating requirements, keeping the temperature in every room at the level individually set by the resident.
Smart heating

Danfoss smart heating enables you to adjust heating to your daily schedule and control it using smart phone. Danfoss smart heating has a solution for every home and need– from a stand-alone smart radiator thermostat to a complete smart heating system for total control anytime and anywhere.

Case studies

EvoFlat in 324 apartments, Sonderborg, Denmark

The installation of EvoFlat in 324 apartments belonging to SAB, a housing association in the Danish town of Sønderborg, has led to average annual energy savings of an estimated 30% per apartment.
Renovation of an apartment building with flat stations, Hamburg, Germany

Until 2014, the apartments in this multi-family building located in the Hamburg suburb of Bergedorf were heated using electrical water heaters and supplied with domestic hot water using electrical instantaneous water heaters. Now, after the renovation, a block heating station in the basement of the building provides heating distributed via flat stations installed in the stairwell and used for decentralized domestic hot water. Tenants were able to stay in their apartments throughout the renovation process.
ASV automatic balancing valves in buildings in 4 streets, Jonkoping, Sweden

During the past few years a huge demand for sustainable living has emerged. The pressure on creating environmental friendly or green buildings is higher than ever. Also for existing buildings the need for not leaving a big blueprint on the globe is becoming increasingly important. In Jönköping, Sweden, the community living in the Västerkåkar neighborhood is going forward. In 2013 substantial changes to the communal heating system in the buildings in four streets showed that a green example can be set, in just a couple of steps.