>>FLOOR HEATING SYSTEM

THE ENERGETIC SAVING

Systems with radiant panels, as compared to traditional heating systems, offer energy savings higher than 20%, at equal environmental temperatures. The reasons for this marked saving are due to the fact that the large surface of the floor allows the water to circulate at low temperatures.

For this reason, it is convenient to use heat sources whose performance increases when run at low temperatures (heat pumps, condensation boilers, solar panels, heat recovery systems, zone heating systems). The thermal gradient that is generated with floor heating systems is such that heat loss is less than in a traditional heating system. Unlike traditional systems, floor heating offers the possibility of recovering heat that is usually wasted due to the stratification effect of the air, which reaches higher temperatures near the ceiling; the higher the ceiling the greater the heat recovery. With a floor heating system the condition of well-being achieved at an average room temperature, which is generally 1°C below the temperature achieved with traditional systems and therefore, at equal comfort, energy saving is possible. Furthermore, the use of insulating panels to hold the pipe, significantly reduces heat loss and contributes to the increase of system output; traditional heating systems do not require such panels, from a design point of view, and therefore they are never used.

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