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The role of a Miele rangehood in energy conservation
According to the latest European building
trends, so-called passive houses have
controlled ventilation to prevent a loss of
heat due to an unregulated air exchange.
A rangehood operating in extraction mode
would negatively inuence the energy
balance because when using a rangehood
warm air which is heated using energy is
conveyed outside and replaced by cold air.
Even for such stringent considerations,
Miele oers an eective solution: Miele
rangehoods with recirculation to rid the
ambient kitchen environment of cooking
vapours. In Europe, this ensures that grease
deposits don't damage the sophisticated
ventilation system of a passive-energy
house, or aect kitchen furniture. In addition
to this, the Active AirClean charcoal lter
reliably removes bothersome odours.
But even for rangehood installations in
ducted mode, Miele has got an
energy-saving solution.
The Miele DAMK 100-150 wall vent kit
prevents any uncontrolled exchange of
hot or cold air from the outside in. When
properly installed, for the hotter Antipodean
climates this means that there is no ingress
of hot external air - the wall vent only opens
with the higher ow pressure of the
rangehood, otherwise it remains closed.