autarc

Divine Bunda-Rühl

Marc Herrmann

Heating

Explanation of how the annual electricity costs of a heating system are determined.

How Are the Annual Electricity Costs Calculated?

Explanation of what is meant by “positions”.

What are the “Positions” in Heating System Planning Used For?

What is the bivalence point of a heat pump?

Determining the Maximum Output of Underfloor Heating and Bathroom Radiator

Explanation of what is meant by the “system” in heating system planning.

What does “System” Mean in Heating System Planning?

Heating design

How should I perform a 3D scan?

This article explains how to distinguish between exterior and interior walls, and how windows are automatically detected.

Differentiating between wall types and detecting windows

This article explains how LiDAR scans can be used to capture rooms of any size.

Is there a maximum room size that can be effectively captured using the LiDAR scan?

This article explains which devices are compatible with the scan functionality in our Autarc software.

Which device do I need for the scan?

This article explains how to tell exterior from interior walls and how windows are automatically detected during a room scan.

What tips and tricks should I keep in mind when scanning a room?

This article explains how autarc ensures data protection when performing scans.

How is data privacy ensured during scans?

This article explains how LiDAR scanners can create precise 3D maps of environments.

How do LiDAR scanners work and what technologies are used?

This article explains how to use the LiDAR scan in the Autarc software.

Where can I find the LiDAR scan feature?

In this article, you'll learn how the feature works and what to keep in mind while using it.

How the New Floor Scan Works in autarc 2.0

LiDAR Scan 

What happens if a radiator is not recognized?

Do I need to edit the radiators manually afterward

Does the detection work even if radiators are partially covered?

The automatic radiator detection identifies radiators during the scan and saves their measurements directly — no manual measuring required.

Automatic Radiator Detection – Step-by-Step Guide

What is the autarc Radiator Detection?

FAQ about Radiator Detection

Radiator detection

What is the standard outdoor temperature?

This article explains how to correctly enter a balcony door in the autarc software.

How do I enter a balcony door?

How to Enter Annual Energy Consumption, and What Are Typical Values?

What Is the Heating Limit Temperature?

How to Enter the Collector Area of a Solar Thermal System

How Much Firewood Is Used for Heating per Year?

In this article, you will learn how stairwells are recorded in the Autarc software using either individual or centralized heating solutions.

How to Record Stairwells

In this article, you will learn that you can also perform heating load calculations for multifamily homes using the autarc software.

Can I Also Calculate Multi-Family Homes with the autarc Software?

This article explains what is meant by a thermal bridge supplement and how it is determined.

What Is the Thermal Bridge Supplement?

Room-by-room data

How Do I Determine the Type of Window Glazing?

How Does Retrofitted Insulation Affect the Calculation?

How Is the Determination of U-Values Based on Building Age Class Carried Out?

How Is a Dormer Calculated?

How is the Interior Wall Length Specified?

This article explains how the position of a room—whether above the ground or other rooms—affects the heating load calculation.

What Is Located Below the Room?

This article explains how the position of a room—whether below an attic or another space—affects the heating load calculation.

What Is Located Above the Room?

How Is the Exterior Wall Length Determined?

How Is the Room Height Determined?

How Is the Room Area Determined?

What Room Temperature Should Be Selected?

Where Does the (Automatic) Underfloor Heating Area Come From?

How Is the Height of a Roof Surface Determined?

Which Steel or Cast Iron Radiator Do I Have?

Which Tube or Column Radiator Do I Have?

Which Panel Radiator Do I Have?

What Do Heating Load and Standard Output Mean?

What Is the Professional Input?

What does basement depth mean?

Distinguishing between a manifold and an RTL valve

What type of underfloor heating do I have?

What is a bathroom radiator?

How is the roof window area determined?

How is the window area determined?

How do I record an exterior wall (partition wall) that borders a semi-detached house?

In this article, you’ll learn how to seamlessly scan multiple rooms in one go using LiDAR scans.

Can multiple rooms be scanned in a single pass?

This article explains how to handle unheated attics and basements in the autarc software.

Does an unheated attic also need to be recorded as a room?

Does an unheated basement or unheated ground floor need to be recorded as a room?

This article explains common reasons for unrealistically high heating loads in individual rooms or entire projects.

Why does the room-specific heating load seem incorrect?

This article explains how to locate the 2D floor plan in the autarc software.

Where can I find the 2D floor plan?

Learn how to enter an already calculated heat load into autarc.

Add Existing Heat Load

How do I enter valve data?

Which correction factors exist for unheated rooms?

Specification of the door area ( m²)

How is the length of a roof surface determined?

Air Exchange Settings

Room Survey

How are the dimensions of outer walls recorded?

What does the result of the hydraulic balancing look like?

This article explains how to calculate a building’s heating load based on the consumption method in accordance with DIN EN 12831.

Building Heat Load Calculation Using the Consumption Method

This section explains how to calculate the potential cost and CO₂ savings when switching to a heat pump

Calculating Savings Potential with Heat Pumps

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