| What makes you feel warm on a sunny day in | | | | and ceilings around you are warm then they are |
| the summer? Radiant heating or radiant energy is | | | | not pulling heat from your body. Then you feel |
| usually recognized as the oldest form of heating. | | | | warm. Your body is not giving up heat to them. |
| It provides the best comfort and is the basis for | | | | Because of this radiant systems can provide |
| all types of heating systems. Radiant heating is | | | | massive energy savings of more than 10-30% in |
| "radiant energy" being emitted from any heat | | | | most residences, and sometimes up to 60% in |
| source. Radiant heating is the effect you feel | | | | shops, hangars and warehouses. This heating |
| when you can feel the warmth of the sun or a | | | | provides even warmth with no cold spots within a |
| hot stove top element from across the room. | | | | room. That provides a comfortable environment |
| Radiant heat is widely known as the most | | | | that cannot be matched by any other type of |
| comfortable and efficient heating method you can | | | | heating system. |
| find. Some of the advantages of radiant heating | | | | New radiant systems are currently designed to |
| are: it is usually more efficient than baseboard | | | | run cooler than they did in the past. The water |
| heating and almost always more efficient than | | | | supplied to the systems will generally range from |
| forced-air heating because no energy is lost | | | | 90 to 140 degrees. Remember that this type of |
| through ducts and other transfers. This | | | | heat can travel in any direction and is unaffected |
| technology can be used for both heating indoor | | | | by gravity. These new heat systems will allow |
| and outdoor areas. These heating systems work | | | | you to be more comfortable at a lower |
| by supplying heat directly to the floor, to panels in | | | | thermostat setting. Radiant heat will warm the |
| the wall or to the ceiling of a house. Because the | | | | closest and coldest mass, which then radiate heat |
| radiant heating will make you feel warmer when | | | | throughout the space evenly. Radiant heating will |
| you are in a room, you can have the thermostat | | | | give you the most consistent room temperatures |
| at a lower temperature and still feel warm. | | | | from floor to ceiling when you compare it to any |
| The feeling of warmth is the absence of heat | | | | other heating system. |
| being pulled from your body. If the walls, floors, | | | | |