The Eurovent Product Group ‘Air Curtains’ (PG-CUR) has elected Carsten Dittmar (Systemair) as its new Chairman and Michael Hims (Carver) as the new Vice Chairman. The election took place during the Product Group meeting at the 2022 Eurovent Summit in Antalya, Türkiye.
Carsten Dittmar, the Commercial Product Area Director at Systemair, was elected as the new Chairman of the Product Group during its meeting on October 25, 2022, in Antalya, Turkey. He has extensive experience in managing projects in the sector of building technologies, heating and ventilation.
New Chairman and Vice Charman of PG-CUR elected
Carsten Dittmar will be supported by Michael Hims, the newly elected Vice Chairman. The European NPD Manager at Carver Climate Systems has obtained experience in developing standards at international and national level for fans and air curtains development.
The new Chairman of Eurovent PG-CUR, Carsten Dittmar stated, “Air curtains enable the separation of different climatic areas between inside and outside, but also within a building. Air curtains are efficient solutions that allow significant energy savings, and this must be placed in the various areas, not only for planners and contractors, but also for decision-makers at the normative and political level.”
Air curtains play an important role in energy efficiency
Carsten Dittmar adds, “I am pleased to be able to advance this technology on the normative side as part of the Team and thus, to be able to build on the work done by my predecessors.”
Air curtains are a great simple product that building owners can use to save energy"
In addition, the new Vice-Chairman of Eurovent PG-CUR, Michael Hims stated, “Air curtains are a great simple product that building owners can use to save energy, reduce costs and improve IAQ. As with most HVAC products however, the wrong selection can to suboptimal performance.”
Michael Hims adds, “I thank the Eurovent members for giving me the opportunity to work with Carsten and the wider Eurovent community on standardizing how we test the products in the design stage, help promote their correct selection and application, and on a broader level, raise their profile and the benefits they bring within the industry.”
Eurovent Product Group ‘Air Curtains’ (PG-CUR)
The Eurovent Product Group ‘Air Curtains’ (PG-CUR) is the only dedicated committee on air curtain technologies within the EMEA region and it covers air curtain units for commercial, industrial and cold storage purposes (over-door heaters are out of the scope).
It is the largest group of air curtain unit manufacturers worldwide and is supported by Eurovent Member Associations on a national level.