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Infrared Zonal Heating: The Most Energy Efficient, Money Saving Way to Heat Your Home or Business

Infrared Zonal Heating: The Most Energy Efficient, Money Saving Way to Heat Your Home or Business

Infrared zonal heating is a smarter, more efficient way to heat your home or business. No more wasted energy significantly, cheaper heating bills, and the comfort and flexibility having heat exactly where you want it.

 

Key Takeaways

  • Zonal heating allows you to heat different areas (or zones) of a building independently.
  • This means you only need to spend money heating the areas you want, with no loss of energy.
  • Zonal heating hasn’t worked in the past because we relied on heating systems that heat the air which is lost through draughts end inefficiencies.
  • Infrared heaters create the perfect zoned heating systems because they heat objects, not air.

 

What is Zonal Heating?

Zonal heating is a heating system that divides a home or building into different zones. This allows you to heat each zone independently and turn off the heat in the areas you’re not using.

This approach is more precise and efficient. It enables you only need to heat areas that are in use, rather than the entire space.

There are several benefits to a zoned heating approach;

  • Lower Heating Costs: By heating the areas you’re using, zonal heating reduces energy consumption. As a result it can reduce your heating costs quite significantly.
  • A More Comfortable Space: You can set different zones to different temperatures. For example, you might keep living areas warmer during the day and cooler at night while nobody uses the. While you might keep the bedrooms cooler in the day and warmer at night.
  • More Flexible Use of Space: You can set the temperatures of individual spaces; you can change them as and when you want.
  • Reduced Wear and Tear: Zonal heating doesn’t rely on the heating system to heat the entire building. This can reduce wear and tear on the equipment and extending it lifespan.

 

Why Zonal Heating Hasn’t Worked in the Past

Traditional heating systems, be it gas central heating or electric heaters, work by heating the air.

When we wanted more heat, we’d crank up the temperature.

As we know, warm are rises. which means the ceiling spaces get warmer than the lower spaces we live in. Over time, this heat increases the temperature of the entire house or building. Even the areas nobody is using. And if your home or building is well insulated, it will keep the temperature higher than you want it for longer than you need it.

Another downside to central heating is that it must work hard to heat and pump water through the entire system, even if you’re only heating one or two rooms. This is incredibly inefficient.

 

Why Infrared Heaters Are Perfect For Zoned Heating Systems

With infrared heating, you can easily create a zoned heating system. You can even go as far to make each room its own zone.

All you need to do is have a separate controller for each zone.

This means you can heat each zone completely independently of each other.

And because infrared heating works by heating objects, not air, it means the heat is almost instant. Anyone standing in the path of a heaters’ infrared rays feels its warmth, as if standing in the sun. That’s because infrared heaters produce the same wavelength of heat as the sun, minus the UV rays. This makes it completely safe, it even has several health benefits.

You can even divide open plans spaces into different zones.

The result of all this technology is that you feel the heat where you want it, there’s no loss of heat though draughts, no cold spots, and you won’t raise the temperature of the areas you’re not using.

 

Choosing the Right Heaters For Each Zone

When creating a zonal heating system with infrared heaters, there are few things to consider.

Our infrared heating calculator will help you choose the right number of heaters and the correct wattage for each zone.