Founding & History
With the little book ‘Club of Rome’, Armin Bühler embarked on a long journey with the aim of promoting a sustainable energy transition. Armed with curiosity, a healthy dose of inventiveness and a belief in a sustainable energy transition that is affordable for everyone, Armin Bühler founded Klima-Top GmbH in 2007. With the clear vision of promoting the energy transition with high-quality products and services, the company set out on its journey.
From the outset, it was clear that a comprehensive energy transition in the building sector could not focus solely on new construction, but also had to offer affordable solutions for the large existing building stock. It did not take long for an ingenious product for renovation to come onto the market.
Since its foundation, Klima-Top GmbH, based in Memmingen, has developed into a nationally significant company in the field of room air conditioning. Our history is characterised by innovation, sustainability, quality and customer focus in the form of tailor-made and highly efficient solutions.
Benninger Str. 70, 87700 Memmingen
The current company building, which dates back to 1890/1910 and features a flat-roof extension, has been using a water-water heat pump since 2012 to provide not only heat and hot water, but also extremely pleasant cooling on hot summer days – and at very low cost.
The energy-efficient renovation with the fully active climate ceiling for heating and cooling has reduced the original heating load of 48 kW, which was determined in 2012 using static values, to 28 kW (dynamic U-values or effective U-value according to ib-rauch). After applying DIN 18599-5, this value was further corrected downwards by a factor of 0.8 to 22.5 kW. Since November 2024, it has also been known that the heating load can be reduced by a further 10% when using a heat pump.
Growth and expansion
The outstanding products and concepts, combined with excellent customer service, have rapidly increased the profile of Klima-Top GmbH and form the basis for the company's continuous and stable growth.
The implementation of sustainable solutions as part of the heating transition became a central component of the company's philosophy and led to rapid progress in networking with forward-thinking and innovative entrepreneurs and companies. As a result, in addition to a large number of residential buildings and apartments, numerous commercial enterprises, office buildings and hotels were equipped with Klima-Top heating/cooling ceilings in the early years.
Innovation
We make buildings more sustainable and energy efficient. With products such as the ingeniously simple Buffer and the award-winning OWActive mineral climate ceiling, you can reduce your energy consumption and create a healthy indoor climate combined with excellent building acoustics.
Our building energy concept enables you to become almost completely independent of external energy suppliers.
Benninger Str. 70, 87700 Memmingen
"Just a façade"
In 2024, another research project was initiated – the energy façade.
Figures, data, facts
The ‘solar façade’ was installed on the east, north and west sides of the building. Prior to this, measuring points were positioned at varying depths on all three exterior walls so that the energy processes taking place within these walls could be measured precisely and the energy losses and solar gains that could be achieved could be determined.
What you can't meassure you can't manage
With the help of intelligent measurement, control and regulation technology, data can be analysed and used to conveniently control building services. This opens up undreamt-of energy-saving potential, enabling an economically attractive heat transition.
Current developments and outlook
Today, we are an established and recognised supplier of climate ceilings that are unrivalled in terms of efficiency, flexibility, appearance, acoustics and cost-effectiveness. A team of dedicated and competent employees ensures that good solutions are continuously improved and made market-ready at attractive prices.
More and more architects, planners, energy consultants, investors and end customers are now recognising the potential of our concept. In addition to product development, production capacities have also been made more flexible and expanded. This enables us to systematically increase our market share and impress customers with short delivery times.