Comfort Heat is your project partner for efficient heating. Energy efficiency is a key consideration for any building project.  Some strategies are the use of insulation and insulating materials, window treatments, passive solar design, solar energy generation and low carbon materials.

The goal is to minimise the energy load on the building over the entire year, and the challenge is to do this in winter when to keep the building comfortable to live in will require the input of energy to provide heating.

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The designed heat load of the building will determine the amount of energy required to heat the internal spaces.  Most heat sources will generate 1KW of heat load for 1KW of energy input such as gas or electricity.  Heat pumps will use 1KW of electricity to produce up to 4KW of heat load.

If the floor is heated, heat will radiate from the floor through the living zone to the ceiling.  This will effectively heat the entire space with low temperature heating with no dust, no air movement and no additional internal space utilised.  If the floor is also a thermal mass, such as a concrete slab or large topping slab, then the heat will be stored in the floor for later use which can be teamed with solar power production.

Hydronic floor heating systems utilising an air to water heat pump and energy efficient building strategies can be an option for low energy usage over the life of the building.

Contact Comfort Heat Australia to explore the options for your next project. Visit the website here

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