The Swegon blog – Everything about indoor climate

Our experts at Swegon have for years shared their knowledge and skills in the format of enlightening blog posts about ventilation, heating and cooling. With different angles of approach, a wide variety of indoor climate related topics have been presented and explained with sincere engagement and broadmindedness.

Below you find more than 100 blog posts, and we are constantly adding new ones, in our aspiration to build knowledge about indoor climate – within, as well as outside, the building industry. Click on the pre-set tags, or use the filter function under "Explore" to narrow down the number of posts to a selection that is relevant to your interest or that will give you new and useful insights.

Andreas Kihlström

How is ventilation, heating and cooling related to the EU Renovation Wave?

Most of us have heard about the European Green Deal and the EU Renovation Wave, the latter in particular is well known in our industry of ventilation, heating and cooling (HVAC). But why have the European Union launched this initiative, what are the goals and what does it mean to us?

Robert Siverby

Recycled steel lowers the carbon footprint

The building sector produces a significant part of the global emissions today. An important step on the road to sustainable practices is to lower the footprint from embodied carbon in products.

Alberto Ferrandi

Heating in one step or two steps?

To do things in one go, sounds so easy. In many cases the results of doing things in one step is equated to doing things in two steps. However, in certain situations or under certain conditions it can be advantageous, and hence preferred, to do things one after the other. A twostep approach can …

William Lawrance

Product selection software in the HVAC industry

There are a great number of alternatives available, and choices to make, when designing a solution for ventilation, heating and cooling. Experts in the industry have, with long-time experience, identified how to improve the decision making process and ease the product selection. Want to learn more, …

Alberto Ferrandi

Polyvalent units and heat recovery is growing in colder climates

In recent years, heat recovery has become an increasingly more common and desirable functionality in units for ventilation, heating and cooling (HVAC). The general idea is to recover as much as possible of the energy that has already been “spent” for heating or cooling, and use that energy again …

Alessandro Pinato

Ground source heat pumps – even better with propane

One of the biggest macro-trends with regards to heating in Europe is electrification. During renovations and refurbishments inefficient heaters and aging boilers – which produce CO2-emissions and pollution – are gradually being replaced with more modern solutions, like heat pumps. Now, what if a …

John Wibrand

Three trends in HVAC today, but which trends are missing?

The first thing when writing a piece on trends within the field of HVAC is obviously to ask ChatGPT, which is a trend in itself. I am quite sure though, that we all already know that energy efficiency, air quality, and smart systems are important, so that does not give a big help really. The trends …

Mikael Börjesson

Lowering energy consumption without compromising comfort

Buildings are responsible for around 40 percent of the global energy consumption, making it imperative to decrease consumption and increase energy efficiency in buildings. At the same time, we spend almost 90 percent of our time indoors. The trick is to reduce energy consumption without …

Mike Ward

The significant energy savings that hide in the gaps

How to optimise HVAC systems to respond to real life use, save energy and provide a healthy and comfortable environment for building occupants?

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