Make The Summer Last Longer With Heating Solutions From Infrared
Extend the Outdoor Summer Season with Infrared Heating Solutions
By: Andrew Martin, Product Manager, Marley Engineered Products
The days are longer, the nights are warmer and everyone wants to be outside. Who doesn’t love a summer breeze? Businesses often open their doors, windows, rooftops and patios during the warmer months to accommodate their customers’ desire to enjoy the pleasant weather.
When the leaves start to turn and the nights cool, however, many businesses choose to close up shop for outdoor activities, potentially losing out on customers not yet ready to hang up their flip flops. During that “in-between” season at the start of autumn when the summertime activity is still very much alive, businesses could benefit greatly from making small adjustments to maintain outdoor accessibility. By equipping open air spaces with spot heating technology, owners can prolong the booming business during warmer months into early autumn for a stronger bottom line and happier customers.
The Perks of Spot Heating
For businesses with outdoor spaces, or exposure to open air, such as restaurants, bars and hotels, it can be costly to use traditional heating systems to counter cool outdoor air. While gas or air-forced heating options can be expensive or inefficient for heating areas like patios or rooftops, electric radiant infrared heaters provide an effective solution for delivering heat to specific spots without spending resources to warm the surrounding air.
Short-wave infrared heating works by warming objects, not the air around the heater. The radiant heat energy emitted by infrared heaters is transferred directly to the people and objects under them. It is the same principle that allows the sun to make a clear, cold day feel warm. The radiant energy from infrared heaters can be directed in any direction to evenly blanket people and equipment with comforting warmth, free from drafts and noisy fans or blowers.
Other characteristics of radiant infrared heaters include:
•Instant and Localized: provides instant, fully directional space heating
•Efficient Comfort: heat people and objects, not the air, for optimal energy efficiency
•Convenient: provides a practical alternative to refilling/replacing propane/gas tanks
•Clean and Safe: no moving air/parts, dust, combustion, fumes or odors
•Wind Resistant: radiant heat doesn’t heat air, so heating temperature is sustained during elements
•All Weather Design: stainless steel and IPX5-rated solutions
•Low Maintenance: with no moving parts or filters, minimal servicing is needed
In addition, radiant output can be installed in tight spaces with limited clearance without ducting or exhaust – minimizing installation costs or maintenance burden in the future.
Radiant Heating Beyond Summertime
Radiant heat delivers targeted warmth in difficult-to-heat spots, and has year-round applications both indoors and outdoors. While radiant heating provides comfort to customers or people at work, the variety of infrared heaters available allows businesses to leverage the localized heat for a myriad of spaces and functions, including:
•Industrial: Radiant heat is ideal for open industrial areas such as factories, assembly lines, workshops, showrooms and foundries.
•Cold Weather: During winter months, infrared heaters are ideal for keeping walkways, garages, aircraft hangers and loading docks clear of snow and ice.
•Outdoor Spaces: To provide comfort no matter the weather, infrared heaters can be used in sheltered outdoor spaces like sports arenas, ski resorts, valet areas or transit/bus stops.
•Indoor Spaces: To warm compact spaces with no fans or ducting, radiant heat can provide personal warmth under counters or desks, hallways or entryways, or fitness centers and yoga studies.
Radiant spot heating also has become increasingly popular in certain residential applications, such as rooms that receive less sunlight or are located far from HVAC systems, including basements, attics and home extensions like sun rooms or porches.
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Marley Engineered Products offers a variety of infrared heaters to address a wide range of spot heating needs in commercial, industrial and residential spaces. The Marley infrared heaters offer ease of installation that contractors appreciate, as well as dependability that business owners require. The simplistic design and energy-efficiency of the heaters bring cost-savings and technological advancements to every application, which strengthens the bottom line for businesses year-round.
To learn more about Marley’s radiant infrared heaters and other heating solutions, visit http://www.marleymep.com or locate the nearest Marley Engineered Products sales rep for assistance with HVAC project design at http://www.marleymep.com/en/berko/where-to-buy/.