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USER REPORT ern way of life merge into a new form of temporary living. Here, in the scenic area around the Kaiserstuhl and not far from the university town of Freiburg, the target group also includes tourists with an affinity for design who appreciate the JopaJoma offer: Living with reduced footprint, but at a high level. All seven of the one and two-room apartments – with sizes between 20 and 50 square metres – have a patio or balcony, are efficiently designed, comfortable with high-quality materials, yet robustly designed and, above all, extremely functional. This is ensured by well thought-out details that cleverly enable more life per square metre. Two apartments on the first floor (Marie and Johanna) can also be used as a 70 square metre linked apartment with three bedrooms. JopaJoma – a project at the interface between residential building and hotel – should also be interesting for investors from the hospitality sector. The brothers therefore also see JopaJoma as a prototype and “showroom” for a holistically thoughtout new apartment house. The Schmidt architects would be happy to take care of the further development. “More life per square metre”: A Häfele speciality “More life per square metre” has now become a classic Häfele theme. The globally operating specialist for hardware technology, electronic access control systems, and LED light has long been dedicated to basic planning and the development of clever room concepts - including sophisticated functionality solutions - together with renowned architectural offices and designers. For example, after the “Functionality Cube”, the multi-functional interior concept for Werner Aisslinger’s LoftCube, and the multi-award-winning trend project “Youth Lab”, back in 2017, Häfele presented the innovatively thought-out “MicroApart 20/30”. “SKAIO” followed as part of the Federal Horticultural Show 2019 in Heilbronn and became a highly regarded project and, at the time, the first wooden high-rise in Germany, where Häfele was able to show how future-oriented and clever “Micro living” can be. So it is no wonder that Stephan and Christoph Schmidt also brought the competent planning partner from Nagold on board to establish and develop their JopaJoma brand in order to benefit from their 360° comprehensive project solutions and benefit from the wide range of services from a single source. From the concept down to the smallest detail “As an interdisciplinary architect and a versatile planning company with several business areas, we have known Häfele for many years and regularly draw from the large product range for our projects – especially in our hospitality projects,” reports Christoph Schmidt. With the apartment house in Kenzingen, however, the cooperation was particularly deep, as Häfele also acted as a brand strategist from the start, analysed the communicative environment of the JopaJoma product, and finally identified creative and functional unique selling points that were incorporated into the project planning. As a holistic consulting and planning partner, the hardware specialist supported the project from the preliminary calculation, the architectural implementation and marketing to reliable follow-up support during ongoing operations. “We created the design for the building and, from then on, we used the entire ‘Häfele Channel’ for the implementation,” Christoph Schmidt continues. “The diverse expertise of the employees from the most varied areas was very valuable. Häfele understands what is important not only for apartment house operators, but also for architects.” This includes the fact, for example, that a reasonable apartment house must be of high quality and robustly cope with the number of rapidly changing guests unscathed. It has to fit the target group with its offer and still stay within the budget. Udo Jungebloed, Head of Sales and Domestic Projects at Häfele and project manager at JopaJoma explains how Häfele proceeds as an experienced all-rounder: “An extensive workshop right at the beginning of our consulting work ensures a successful start in each of our projects. We analyse the desires and possibilities of our customers and focus strictly on the needs of the target group as well as the budget. In regular planning meetings with all relevant parties involved, we achieve all-round successful results.” Own and third-party products in perfect interaction As an international company, Häfele benefits greatly from its global expertise. Information from the world market flows directly into new national ideas as creative impulses. The interdisciplinary team of in-house specialists takes care of all relevant areas of interior planning and technical building equipment. For example, the planners at the Nimbus subsidiary are responsible for integrative lighting concepts, while the experts at Rosso are responsible for efficient room acoustics. “In the Häfele product world, we simply found everything that makes sense for JopaJoma,” says Schmidt. “Since the company is both a supplier of in-house and external products and at the same time a competent Micro living specialist planner who works with well-known partner companies, you can be sure that all components fit together and function properly.” For example, the digital Häfele access control system, Dialock, in JopaJoma Dialock communicates with the hotel management software by protel as well as with the intelligent room control by the manufacturer, Gira. The kitchens in the apartments are also harmoniously designed: While the high-quality decorative finishes of the furniture panels by FunderMax are responsible for the visual aesthetics of the builtin components, innovative Häfele hardware solutions ensure appropriate functionality inside. Loox light in furniture sets accents and in turn corresponds with the futuristic ceiling lights of the “Q Four” family and the “Squeeze” pendant lights by Nimbus, which attract everyone’s attention in the living room. The modern and space-saving kitchen equipment – including dishwasher and cooker – was realised together with WMF, even including the selection of cutlery. Many Häfele accessories were used in the bathrooms as well – above all the multi-functional bathroom mirror from the “Aquasys” own house assortment. And because convenience doesn’t just begin in the apartments, but rather at the front door, Häfele system doors were chosen here: They come from our own development and were manufactured for JopaJoma by the door manufacturer, Prüm. Here, too, with FunderMax finishes – this time in neutral white. In combination with the Dialock identification and access control system, the maintenancefriendly doors achieve a significant reduction in operating costs while at the same time increasing convenience and security for both, guests and the operator. “It is the sum of many small details that makes a big, functioning whole,” says Christoph Schmidt in conclusion. The JopaJoma apartment house is an excellent model project for that. www.haefele.de 30 No. 2 • June 2021

USER REPORT Sustainable waste management in the woodworking industry Paarhammer is a well-established Australian manufacturer for European style windows and doors and it could be assumed that one of their most essential items is directly involved in the manufacturing process. But in Paarhammer’s case, the essential component is a waste management system that produces briquettes from sawdust and offcuts. “At the moment it’s the most essential item in the business,” managing director Tony Paarhammer proudly notes. The search for European style doors and windows in Australia This recycling system allows for an incredibly wide range of sustainable and profitable benefits and constitutes an integral part of Paarhammer’s sustainable manufacturing ideology. Paarhammer’s award-winning products are the result of more than 30 years of experience and range from the highest energy-efficient windows made in Australia to bushfire-proof windows. Immigrated from Austria in 1990, Tony and Edith Paarhammer started their business in a garage with manufacturing fine furniture and European style kitchens. But one year later, their focus shifted while they were building their new home. Tony and Edith were surprised because “we couldn’t find any European style windows in Australia.” Because of Tony’s background in window making, they decided to take matters into their own hands, and the idea of manufacturing European style windows in Australia was born. From the beginning, Paarhammer grew rapidly and for the 20th anniversary in 2010, the company moved into a new purpose-built factory. The construction of this factory was driven by Paarhammer’s ideology of sustainable production. It is powered by an almost 100 kW photovoltaic solar system, efficient light-management which reduces electricity needs, and water tanks to supply the factory. Wood waste reduction by 95 percent But the most important component to fulfill high sustainability goals is the waste management system that consists of the WEIMA WL 4 shredder (installed in the early 2000s) and the WEIMA TH 814 briquette press (installed in 2012). With this system, “we reduced our waste by 95 %,” Tony said. Tony decided for WEIMA’s machines mainly because of the company’s local presence in Australia through CEMAC technologies. “The local support was the most essential,” Tony said about his decision process. Additionally, WEIMA convinced with over 40 years of experience in manufacturing shredders and presses for the wood-working industry. Since day one, the system with shredder and briquette press works efficiently in Paarhammer’s factory. Sawdust is separately accumulated by the duct of every producing machine and is then diverted into a hopper from where it flows into the briquette press. Meanwhile, the WL 4 shreds larger wood offcuts into small wood chips and thus makes them suitable for the press. The TH 814 briquette press then finally presses the sawdust and the wood chips into cylindrical 80 mm diameter briquettes. Partner for life: WEIMA‘s WL 4 wood grinder “What we would have had to burn or pay to go to a landfill, now gets pressed into briquettes,” Tony said. Because of the briquette press, Paarhammer now has only of 1.5 m 3 of waste a week, while generating 4 tonnes of briquettes in the same period, thereby reducing landfill by about 2,000 m 3 per year. “The mixture of all this dust, shavings from the planer and the wood chips is almost the ideal mixture to make a compact briquette,” Tony said. A “nice thing on the side” Recycling sawdust and off-cuts is not only sustainable but profitable. While Paarhammer uses 30 % of the briquettes to heat parts of the factory with a hydronic heating system, the remaining 70 % are sold to local residents. A revenue Tony described as a “nice thing on the side”, and mo-ney he did not expect. Therefore, Tony exceeded his original calculation of Return on Owner Tony Paarhammer (left) with CEMAC representative Jonathan Tan No. 2 • June 2021 31

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