The Windis system
Every water-heated Windis unit is delivered with a pre-programmed Windis controller. One controller handles control, measurement and the building automation interface.
Windis unit
Windis controller
Energy data
measured, per unit
Sensors
M12 quick connectors
Building automation
Modbus TCP · RTU
BACnet IP · MSTP
I/O
Browser commissioning
Ethernet · USB
Windis Cloud
in development
One controller, two product families
Air curtains
Heating mode
The controller keeps the room temperature at the value set from building automation, for example +20 °C by day and +15 °C at night. Fan speed is typically around 20 %.
Door mode
Starts from the door contact's status signal at an outdoor-temperature-compensated fan speed. After the door closes, the unit runs an after-run time, for example 3 min.
Door mode has a higher priority than heating mode. The local freeze protection is always active and cannot be overridden from building automation.
Windis Zero
Windis Zero is a control system for run-around coil heat recovery that works regardless of the air handling unit's make and suits both new-build and renovation projects.
Windis Zero is delivered as a factory-built package: the liquid loop's pump, valves, sensors, expansion and filling group, and insulated piping. On-site installation work is limited to connecting the package to the air handling unit and the building automation.
Air curtains
What the unit measures
Energy consumption is metered per unit.
- 01
Heat energy, ultrasonic flow measurement
- 02
Water in / out, temperature
- 03
Air in / out, temperature
- 04
Heating network pressure
- 05
Air bubble detection
- 06
Freeze risk detection
Adaptive power optimization
Windis Zero IQ
Constant-flow control sets the heat recovery's fluid flow to a single design value, and it hits the optimum only in the conditions that value was calculated for. The optimum moves constantly: the air volume lives, the temperature difference varies, humidity changes the situation and the system ages.
Windis Zero IQ continuously seeks the operating point at which the heat recovery transfers its highest capacity at each moment. No design parameters are set, and installation requires no flow calculation or balancing.
In varying operating conditions, adaptive optimization can typically recover about 5–10 % more energy compared to constant flow.
Windis Zero IQ is an add-on feature of Windis Zero. It builds on Windis Zero's existing sensors and valves.
Diagnostics
Automatic diagnostics identifies fault conditions directly at the unit. Status data is read from the same registers as the measurement data.
Modbus registersInterfaces without add-on modules
- Modbus TCP
- BACnet IP
- Modbus RTU / BACnet MSTP
- I/O
Commissioning is done on site in a browser. The unit has M12 quick connectors for external sensors plus Ethernet and USB ports, so the service hatch does not need to be opened during installation.
In development
Windis Cloud
We are developing a cloud service that opens a remote connection to Windis units for the warranty period. Windis Cloud covers both the air curtains and Windis Zero.
Windis Go
We are developing a commissioning app for units equipped with the Windis controller. Windis Go covers both the air curtains and Windis Zero.
The target is to release both during early 2027. We will tell more when the services are ready for release.
For designers, property managers and contractors
For the HVAC designer
Once the product is chosen, specifying Windis takes the same amount of work as using a familiar manufacturer. Windis Select produces the design documents for the selected product.
For the property manager
Energy consumption is metered per unit and shows in the building automation. Diagnostics reports fault conditions directly from the unit.
For the contractor
A standard building automation interface and browser-based commissioning. The contact person is at the manufacturer.
Windis Select
Site-specific sizing is done with the browser-based Windis Select tool. Select produces a sizing report, a functional description, a functional diagram and MagiCAD codes for the selected product as appendices to the design. Choosing the product stays with the designer.
select.windis.fi