GF Hycleen Balance: Smart Hydraulic Balancing for Efficient Hot Water Systems
GF Hycleen Balance is a digital valve that ensures safe hotwater hygiene, reduces energy consumption by up to 25%, and improves comfort in buildings.
Hot water is essential in every building—but it is also one of the largest consumers of energy. Depending on the building standard, domestic hot water (DHW) can account for up to 50% of total energy consumption. Uneven water distribution, manual balancing processes, and stagnant zones not only waste energy, but compromise hygiene and comfort.
With the GF Hycleen Balance, GF introduces a comprehensive digital solution for the hydraulic balancing, hygiene maintenance, and operational monitoring of complex hot water systems.
Why hydraulic balancing is essential for energy efficiency in hot water systems?
Uneven hot water circulation is a frequent cause of energy waste and system inefficiency.
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The Hycleen Balance valve solves this challenge through intelligent hydraulic balancing, ensuring consistent temperature levels across the entire system.
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By optimizing warm water circulation, and reducing unnecessary heat generation, it can cut energy consumption in hot water preparation and distribution by as much as 25%
The GF Hycleen Balance valve is engineered to solve this. It is a smart, automated balanced valve that ensures:
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Hygiene: Maintaining save temperatures and flow in circulation avoids Legionella growth, and data login fulfill the documentation needs.
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Energy Efficiency: Self optimized balancing: Reduced temperature losses in circulation, full control of temperature in every loops reduce the need of temperature puffer by warm water production
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Comfort: Consistent water temperatures across the building, minimum waiting time
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Easiness: Pre-fabricated cable (colour coded). Fast and easy cabling without mistake for successful commissioning.
"We’ll connect only with a phone app to set the target temperature. The valve will automate hydraulic balancing to ensure the correct temperature and circulation speeds are maintained throughout the system.”
Protection and Automated Hygiene Legionella Prevention
GF Hycleen Balance prevents Legionella by maintaining ≥55 °C circulation and automatically logging hygiene cycles, preventing bacterial growth without requiring manual flushing.
The goal is to ensure hygiene, limit the growth of Legionella, and optimize energy in hot water production.
These hygiene cycles and temperature levels are fully documented, with precise, downloadable data logged at each valve. Operators no longer need to rely on manual records or estimations.
David Harsch, Senior Director R&D GF Building Flow Solutions, explains:
“How do we solve the problem of Legionella growth? Hycleen Balance balances the temperature precisely on the set temperature through the entire building through sensors and smart algorithms”.
Enhanced Comfort and User Experience
The system improves not only operational performance—but user experience as well. By keeping the system in thermal balance, hot water reaches all outlets faster, improving comfort in hospitals, hotels, apartments, and public facilities.
Arnaud Andreolli, Product Manager Hot & Cold Water Control GF Building Flow Solutions explains “We’ll also bring greater comfort to people because, since the hot water circulation will be at all points of the system, when someone goes to shower, they’ll get hot water faster.”
Plug-and-Play Setup, Remote Access, and Full Integration
Commissioning is fast and frictionless: the valve connects via Bluetooth, and the system is configured with a simple mobile app interface.
For facilities with centralized management, GF Hycleen Balance can also integrate with existing Building Management Systems (BMS) through Modbus. The BMS can read sensor data or take full control of valve operation if desired.
“This system can be connected to a building automation system via Modbus… the BMS can also take over control of the valves if desired.” Arnaud Andreolli, Product Manager Hot & Cold Water Control GF.
“The commissioning actually took place in less than five minutes… all standard connection options in plug-and-play mode.”
Monitoring and data logging in hot water systems
The visualization of temperature curves allows quick and easy analysis of the system on-site.
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Data logging records operating conditions seamlessly, ensuring that processes remain traceable.
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Alarm notifications and logging accelerate the fault detection process and provide clear documentation.
Which building types benefit most from GF Hycleen Balance?
GF Hycleen Balance is ideal for buildings who need comfort, energy efficiency and hygiene for hot water usage like:
- Apartment buildings
- Hospitals & healthcare facilities
- Hotels & resorts
- Multi-residential complexes
- Education campuses & public buildings
It is equally suitable for retrofit installations and new construction, thanks to its modular architecture and compatibility with a wide range of system layouts.
Besides mobile phones and tablets, GF Hycleen Balance can also be easily connected with any building management system, parameterized, monitored, and controlled through the Modbus interface. The open communication interface (Modbus RTU) means the system can be integrated easily and flexibly.
Summary of Advantages
- Energy Efficiency: Saves up to 25% in hot water production and distribution
- User Comfort: Faster hot water delivery across the entire system
- Hygiene Control: Prevents stagnation and Legionella with automated hydraulic balancing
- Digital Compliance: Full temperature logging and remote data access
- Fast Commissioning: Mobile app setup in under 5 minutes
- System Integration: Compatible with Modbus-enabled BMS platforms
Looking Ahead: The Future of Smart Water Systems
The GF Hycleen Balance represents more than a product launch—it signals a shift in how we think about water distribution in buildings.
By combining precision engineering, digital intelligence, and plug-and-play simplicity, GF Hycleen Balance helps organizations meet the pressing demands of:
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Energy efficiency
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Water safety
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Compliance
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Smart infrastructure management
GF Hycleen Balance combines energy efficiency, water safety, and digital monitoring in one smart valve solution
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