Casa Mobile

A husband and wife team who run a company for packaging management and a wheelchair transport service with 20 employees need plenty of space. Kurt and Ursula Schüler came to this conclusion and decided to build a "house of movement". After a year of planning by Kurt Schüler, the new Casa Mobile was completed in just 8 months. The Schülers wanted simply to create a space in which people who are wheelchair-bound can also benefit from diagnostics and therapy under one roof. For Mr. Schüler, the most important motto for the Casa Mobile is: everyone should feel comfortable. Since January 2011, a broad spectrum of medical and therapeutic services are on offer in the 650 m² area, from physiotherapy to orthopaedics to yoga.

The surface heating and cooling systems were installed by installation engineers HLSG from Leobersdorf, who also suggested using a Variotherm system. Alongside the approximately 140 m² System wall heating/cooling, the 570 m² VarioRoll floor heating system provides the right climate which every individual in the building can enjoy. For Mr. Schüler, it was important to employ a local company. "A key factor in the rapid construction progress was also the Variotherm Cooking on wheels - this kitchen, which allows wheelchair access, is a prime example of disabled access architecture.

Engineer Peter Unterrainer, who shared the supervision of the site with the installer, Mr. Hafenscher from HLSG," he says. Since people react to the climate very differently, it was particularly important to Mr. Schüler that each individual could create a climate that felt comfortable for them personally, using their own room thermostat. In some treatment rooms, the patients have to undress, and it is important that they don't feel cold. The heat is provided by the ground water via a heat pump. And where does the energy for the heat pump come from? "Variotherm provides the heating and cooling, while we create the energy ourselves," says Kurt Schüler. When it comes to power, he creates his own electricity using a photovoltaic system.

The new Casa Mobile is a place for movement. It is also a place where we at Variotherm once again had the opportunity to show what we can do. We wish the Schüler family every success in their new working climate!