WOHNgesund building

Healthy living and living within your own four walls is becoming increasingly important. This is because we spend 80 to 90 % of our lives indoors, taking 20,000 breaths a day. The air we breathe is our most important asset. It provides us with the oxygen we need, enriches the indoor climate and guarantees our well-being. The Building Energy Act (GEG) places high demands on the airtightness of the building envelope. In the past, pollutants could escape through cracks and joints and fresh air could enter through exchanges. In new, energy-saving, airtight buildings, this uncontrolled exchange of air no longer takes place. As a result, pollutants from a wide variety of sources, including building materials, can accumulate inside the building. Headaches, tiredness, dizziness - the list of symptoms that can be caused by pollutants in the home is long. These outgas from walls, floors and furniture. The right choice of building materials is therefore important for a healthier home, so that as few pollutants as possible enter the house. These pollutants are invisible but measurable. High indoor health quality is therefore no coincidence, but can be implemented in a technically plannable, measurable and, above all, affordable way. The Schiedel Signet Wohngesund is the result of testing, certification and recommendation by the Sentinel Haus Institut. It accompanies our products and identifies them as Schiedel products that have been tested for harmful substances and recommended as healthy to live in. The stylized flame stands for the warmth, well-being and safe operation of our product categories: Chimney and stove system. The WOHNgesund theme is visibly communicated to the user by the signet.

A good indoor climate is not a subjective perception - it is measurable and scientifically verifiable. The Sentinel Haus Institut (SHI) is committed to such measurable and reliable criteria for health quality in real estate. The institute emerged from a research project supported by the German Federal Environmental Foundation. On this basis, the institute has been developing a scientifically sound planning and implementation procedure for the health-related quality assurance of buildings since 2008. Thanks to the Sentinel House concept, according to which Schiedel works, healthy building is thus carried out according to transparent and comprehensible criteria. Schiedel is the first manufacturer to have its ABSOLUT chimney system and KINGFIRE stove system tested for harmful substances and recommended by the Sentinel Haus Institute as healthy for living.