Educational facilities

With the expansion of its operations at Oberpfaffenhofen Special Airport, AERO-Bildungs GmbH has strengthened its location at the aerospace campus. The internationally active company is a leader in the training and further education of aeronautical professions. Its partners include the aircraft manufacturer Airbus and the German Armed Forces.

The new building contains offices, training rooms and a large day care centre for children. KERMI has equipped the premises with attractive steel panel radiators.

Verteo Plan steel panel radiators and therm-x2 Plan valve radiators were used.

Photo source: AERO-Bildungs GmbH

Plattling’s Vocational College of Music is the ideal venue for students who want to complete a professional qualification in music at a higher education institute offering courses all the way up to degree level. The college has been in a new building since 2019, where approximately 180 adult students progress through their education and training. During the process of planning its construction, the long, wide corridors posed a challenge: providing an efficient heating solution meant controlling these areas in line with the German Energy Saving Ordinance (EnEV), rather than leaving them unregulated. In educational institutions, sound insulation is also an important factor to consider.

The solution was provided by the x-net connect plus connection system, used in combination with the x-net C12 tacker system. x-net C12 tacker plate was installed over around 2000 m2 of the classrooms, while an x-net connect plus system was installed over 600 m2 of the corridors. x-net connect plus systematically guides the feed pipes of the underfloor heating manifold in an insulation layer under the screed. The feed pipes made it possible to form individually controlled EnEV-compliant heating circuits – while also meeting the requirements of increased sound insulation according to VDI 4100. x-net connect plus offers developers an increase in energy efficiency and comfort.

This year saw the opening of a high school for students attached to the American forces stationed at the US base in Kaiserslautern. Now, over 700 students in American grades 9 to 12 are receiving a top-tier education within Kaiserslautern’s \. The federal state building agency (Landesbetrieb Liegenschafts- und Baubetreuung) was responsible for designing the complex of buildings over an area of 17200 square metres.

The school boasts a superb layout, with individual learning areas and a gymnasium fanning out from a central assembly hall featuring a stage and gallery. More than 10000 square metres of the KERMI x-net knob plate have been installed in the facility.

The city of Deggendorf has been home to a higher education institute for technology subjects since 1994. Situated between the Danube and the Bavarian Forest, the campus has been created in the classic Greek style. +

A small, manageable size and a distinct profile are the strengths of this young institute in the south-east of Germany. Within a short space in time, it has evolved into one of Germany’s best universities – a place where students across different faculties benefit from a tailored, practical education.

By providing more than 550 radiators, KERMI is ensuring that a good temperature is maintained within the learning atmosphere across the whole university.

The Kirchwerder district school in the rural Hamburg district of Bergedorf is a forward-looking educational centre that combines modern pedagogy with sustainable architecture. Around 1,000 pupils learn here in two new three-storey buildings - with rooms for years 5 to 13. The buildings were occupied in January 2025 and are characterised by a successful combination of traditional construction methods with modern requirements for energy efficiency and comfort.

A central goal of the project was and is sustainability: the school was built according to the KfW/EG 40 efficiency standard, which is achieved through a bio-methane combined heat and power plant, extensive green roofs (approx. 4,700 m²) and large-scale photovoltaic systems. Modern vertical valve heating panels and plan-valve radiators with energy-saving x2 technology from Kermi also ensure a comfortable indoor climate. They blend harmoniously into the architectural concept and make an important contribution to sustainable building operation.

Photo source: Patrick Göttsch