
Retrofitting fans
Rising costs, legally required reduction of CO2 emissions – retrofits provide a solution.
“ebm-papst and Systemair are united in their striving for greater efficiency,” says Klaus Geißdörfer, CEO of the ebm-papst Group, summarizing the commitment of the longstanding partners. Reason enough to initiate a collaboration in the field of retrofitting that will benefit the end customers. Depending on the age of the existing system, a retrofit can result in energy and cost savings of 20 up to 50 percent. Additionally, customers benefit from the reduced CO2 footprint and the ability to accurately record consumption, using it for ESG reporting. In addition to highly efficient EC fans, ebm-papst supplies sensors, gateways and software in the form of digital services for retrofits.
As a manufacturer and expert for ventilation systems and devices, Systemair knows its products and customers inside out – and will in future offer retrofits of Systemair systems and systems from other suppliers as a service. The appropriate hardware and software preferably from ebm-papst will be used. In future, even more companies will benefit from the many advantages of a retrofit. From a single source!
Dr. Klaus Geißdörfer
CEO
ebm-papst Group

“At ebm-papst, we provide both plug-and-play retrofit solutions and a vast global network.”
Dr. Klaus Geißdörfer
CEO
ebm-papst Group
Kurt Maurer
Managing Director
Systemair GmbH

“Thanks to our partnership with ebm-papst, we can now offer retrofits to our end customers.”
Kurt Maurer
Managing Director
Systemair GmbH
“We are striving for more efficiency”
Klaus Geißdörfer explains why ebm-papst and Systemair have been partners for years.
Convinced by the solution
Systemair is leading by example – and retrofits its own ventilation system in the production facility in Windischbuch in summer 2024. In future, Systemair will offer such retrofits as a service for its customers, with highly efficient EC fans from ebm-papst. Klaus Geißdörfer and Kurt Maurer are looking forward to the collaboration.
“Making signifant savings from the third day”
Kurt Maurer explains the retrofit in the production facility of Systemair.
Retrofits are that easy
Systemair carried out the removal of the old, belt-driven fan itself. On the second day, Markus Hornung from Pfänder GmbH installed the new fans: Two RadiPac EC fans each with FlowGrid in the supply and exhaust air of the ventilation system. The installation only took a few hours. In addition, a gateway from ebm-papst neo was installed in the control cabinet, which records the air parameters and enables monitoring.
“We can realize up to 50 % energy savings”
Klaus Geißdörfer reports from his experience on when and why a retrofit is worthwhile.
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