Testimonial - Retail Warehouse Infrared Heating Case Study
A major UK retailer required a targeted heating solution for a specific working area within one of its warehouse loading bays, where providing effective heating without unnecessarily heating the wider building was an important consideration.
Large warehouse environments can be challenging to heat because of their substantial internal volume, high ceilings and regular movement through loading areas. For this project, the requirement was focused on a confined working zone rather than the entire warehouse.
Following a site survey, Infrared Heating Supplies proposed a targeted infrared heating system using high-output bar heaters, providing a solution designed around the areas where heating was actually required.
“We approached IHS to provide a cost-effective solution to install heating within a confined area of our loading bay. They surveyed the area and proposed infrared heating as opposed to traditional heating, resulting in energy and cost savings. IHS was awarded the works, installing the infrared heaters without issue, delivering and meeting our requirements.”
Facilities Manager — Major UK Retailer
The Project
The client, a major UK retailer, required heating for a confined working area within one of its warehouse loading bays.
Rather than approaching the project as a requirement to heat the entire warehouse, the brief focused on the areas where members of staff were working and where additional heating was required.
Infrared Heating Supplies provided a complete service for the project, including a site survey, system design, product supply and installation.
The Heating Challenge
Warehouses and loading bays can present particularly demanding heating conditions. Large internal volumes, high ceilings and frequently used loading doors can make it difficult to provide useful warmth within specific working areas using a whole-building approach.
For this project, only a relatively small part of the overall warehouse required additional heating. The challenge was therefore to design a system around that occupied zone without installing heating unnecessarily across the remainder of the building.
The Infrared Heating Solution
Following the site survey, IHS specified eight 2.4kW far infrared linear bar heaters, providing a total installed heating output of 19.2kW.
The heaters were positioned to provide radiant heating across the required working areas. Infrared heaters transfer radiant energy to people, objects and surfaces within their coverage area rather than relying primarily on heating and circulating the surrounding air.
This allowed the heating design to concentrate on the area where staff required warmth rather than attempting to heat the full volume of the warehouse.
Targeted heating for the occupied zone
The infrared system was designed to target less than ten percent of the total warehouse floor area, focusing the installed heating capacity on the specific zone identified during the site survey.
The heaters were also paired with smart thermostatic control, providing temperature management for the heated area.
The Result
The infrared heaters were installed successfully and, according to the client's Facilities Manager, the completed system met the requirements set out for the project.
The Facilities Manager also reports that selecting infrared heating rather than the traditional heating approach considered for the area resulted in energy and cost savings.
The project provides a useful example of how infrared heating can be designed around a defined working zone within a much larger warehouse, rather than automatically treating the entire building as a single heating area.
Project highlights
- Heating designed for a confined warehouse loading-bay area
- Full site survey and system design carried out by IHS
- Eight 2.4kW far infrared linear bar heaters installed
- 19.2kW total installed heating output
- Heating targeted at less than ten percent of the total warehouse floor area
- Smart thermostatic temperature control
- Supply and installation completed by IHS
- Client reports energy and cost savings compared with the traditional heating approach considered
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