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 property. No more wasted energy, significantly cheaper heating bills, and the comfort and flexibility of having heat exactly where you want it.

Key Takeaways

• Zonal heating allows you to heat different areas (or zones) independently.
• This means you only need to spend money heating specific areas.
• Zonal heating hasn’t worked with other heating systems because they rely on heating the air, which is lost through draughts and inefficiencies.
• Infrared heaters create the perfect zoned heating systems because they heat objects but 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 to heat only the areas that are in use, rather than the entire space.

There are several benefits to a zoned heating approach, like:

• Lower Heating Costs: By heating the areas you’re using, zonal heating reduces energy consumption. It can reduce your heating costs 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 them. 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 and change them at any time.
• Reduced Wear and Tear: Zonal heating heats segments and not the entire building. This can reduce wear and tear on the equipment, extending its 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 air 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 maintain a temperature higher than you want it to be 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 when 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 as 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.

Since infrared heating works by heating objects, it means the heat is almost instant. Anyone standing in the path of infrared rays feels the 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-plan 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 through draughts, no cold spots, and you won’t heat the areas you’re not using.

Choosing the Right Heaters For Each Zone

When creating a zonal heating system with infrared heaters, consider the following points:

• The size of each zone – what is the overall size of the zone you want to heat?
• Wattage – how warm do you want the zone to be?
• Types of heaters – you don’t have ‘just a heater’. For example, in a bathroom you can have a mirror that’s also a heater or a towel rail. We also sell heaters that double as art.
• Where to mount – choose from wall-mounted, ceiling-mounted, and freestanding heaters.

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