A World Pioneer in Healthy and Comfortable Buildings with Low Energy Consumption

KT Overview

Keller Technologies AG. Switzerland is an outgrowth of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. Research projects on building technology and building physics led by Professor Dr. Bruno Keller have successfully solved technical problems for comfortable buildings with low energy consumption around the world. KT is a special building technology company for healthy, comfortable buildings with low energy needs and low energy costs.KT offers services in the fields of Urban Planning, Architectural Design, Landscape Design and Interior Design, Modern Soft-HVAC Technologies, as well as pre-project consultations during the early stages of a project. From design to construction supervision and quality control, KT has the people and experiences to serve for the whole process of building.

KT's HISTORY

THE HISTORY IN EUROPE

In the early 80s, a Swiss company, Geilinger Ltd.. decided to use the energy crisis of the 70s as an opportunity to develop new building products to lower the energy costs. As a result, a new window and facade technology was developed, with a revolutionary U-value at that time for the glazing of U= 0.6 W/m2K and to avoid heat bridges. Professor Dr. Bruno Keller was involved in this development and took over the management responsibility for its implementation and marketing. The whole concept relies on an extremely good building shell combined with adapted HVAC systems. Professor Dr. Bruno Keller applied for and got several patents.

THE HISTORY IN CHINA

Visiting China in 1998/99, Prof. Dr. B Keller saw how much is going on in construction but on a low level of quality of the building envelope and consequently with the old fashioned American way of air-conditioning, being very unhealthy for people, very uncomfortable due to draught and noise and needing a tremendous amount of energy for heating as well as for cooling. Shanghai and many other large cities sooner or later will thus run in a supply problem for energy. (Picture6-) For doing construction better, he invited Dr.Tian Yuan to come to Switzerland and to learn the new technologies and to transfer them later to China.

Dr. TY and Prof. Dr. B. Keller published the new technology in the Chinese Journal of Architecture* and subsequently were invited to give a presentation at the “New Housing Forum” in Shanghai in 2000. They realized, Chinese construction people being very much focused on to the old and worn out American way of operating a house and waiting for a high tech solution of all problems. They took the opportunity to tell the audience clearly, America, the US to be about 30 years behind European technology for high comfort and low energy buildings. Contrary to the US, Europe was forced to learn and has learned a lot between 1980 and 2000, it has failed with many technologies but now it knows what works well and the new technologies developed by Prof. Dr. B Keller and others belong to the best in the world.

KT Mission Statement:

Our mission is based on the following bases:

core values Honesty and Integrity – We deal honestly and fairly. Integrity and adoption of a high ethical standard of conduct are crucial in dealing with clients, designers, subcontractors, vendors and each other.

Respect for People – We value relationships. We strive for a friendly, cooperative, informal and safe workplace, where trust, openness, and respect for individuals are a matter of course.

Performance with Absolute Reliability – We aim to be the best in our various businesses and in the markets we serve. We will achieve this by solving customers’ problems and meeting their needs through superior performance, with absolute reliability.

Long-Term Perspective – We make decisions based on the long view of increasing the value of the company.

Nurturing Personal Growth – We encourage individual growth: growth through training, career development opportunities, and feedback on performance. We reward growth by emphasizing promotion from within. We support growth internally and favor long-term employees relationships.