New headroom hood from Miele boasts top-class energy efficiency

Miele is extending its range of so-called headroom hoods by adding the ´Pearl´ – a model designed for the discerning featuring dimmable atmospheric lighting.

A characteristic feature on headroom hoods is the pitch of the canopy, allowing even tall persons plenty of room to peer down into pans. On the Pearl, this 90 cm wide canopy consists of a bowed sheet of toughened safety glass in a shade of white to match the brilliant white on Miele built-in appliances. The design is at its most striking when the atmospheric lighting integrated into the canopy is switched on. The Pearl then becomes the focal point of the kitchen.

Technologically, too, this cooker hood plays in the premier league. Miele's Eco motor is powerful and energy-efficient. The LED light strip which provides downlighting is characterised by low consumption. As a result, the Pearl sports an A+ on the energy label, the best rating awarded to cooker hoods. This hood also goes about its work extremely quietly and can be operated in vented or recirculation mode. Depending on installation conditions, there may even be no need to fit an additional chimney section. This is the case when the hood is run as a recirculation unit or when the air is vented directly to the rear.

The Pearl features Miele's automatic Con@ctivity 2.0: Whilst the user is free to concentrate on the job of cooking, the cooker hood automatically adjusts suction power to what is actually cooking on the hob below, ensuring a pleasant room climate. The Miele hob unit – and there are more than 30 models to select from – transmits its settings via an RF link to the extractor. The installation of Con@ctivity 2.0 is very simple and merely involves inserting the RF transmitter which comes with the extractor into its sheath. On request, the hood can also be remotely controlled (optional extra).

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Company profile: Miele is the world's leading manufacturer of premium domestic appliances including cooking, baking and steam-cooking appliances, refrigeration products, coffee makers, dishwashers and laundry and floor care products. This line-up is augmented by dishwashers, washer-extractors and tumble dryers for commercial use as well as washer-disinfectors and sterilisers for use in medical and laboratory applications (Miele Professional). The Miele company, founded in 1899, has 8 production plants in Germany as well as one plant each in Austria, the Czech Republic, China and Romania. 2014/15 turnover amounted to approx. EUR 3.5 bn with sales outside Germany accounting for around 70%. Miele is represented with its own sales subsidiaries and via importers in almost 100 countries. The Miele company, now in the fourth generation of family ownership, employs a workforce of around 17,740, 10,350 thereof in Germany. The company headquarters are located in Gütersloh/Westphalia, Germany.