Heating Needs

Task 1

Discuss the type of heating and emitters that you would propose for the Leisure Centre rooms.

Heating- Assignment 1 – answer by Peter Caldwell

Heating Needs

1. For this task, I have devised the following table to list all the separate areas of the building, and my opinion of what type of heating (if any) is best suited to it.

Room Name	Proposed Heating Type
Mechanical Plant Room	None
Electrical Plant Room	None
Toilets	Underfloor Heating
Activity Room	Radiant Panels
Entrance Foyer	Electric Air Curtain
Restaurant	None
Kitchen	None
Reception	Radiator
Cold Store	None
Office	Radiator
Manager	Radiator
Fitness Suite	None
Store	None
Store	None
Toilets	Underfloor Heating

My Reasoning is as follows:

Mechanical Plant Room- None

Unmanned Area, already high ambient temperature due to plant.

Electrical Plant Room- None

Unmanned Area, possibly has an already high ambient temperature due to plant

Toilets- Underfloor Heating.

Radiators are generally fine for heating toilets to the CIBSE recommended ~19^oC, although there are several reasons why I have chosen underfloor heating in this application.

• wall space may be at a premium
• The whole room is heated from the floor up, whereas radiators often leave cold draughts at floor level.
• No hot surfaces that the public could burn themselves on
• Very Low maintenance
• Possibility of lower heating costs over radiators as lower temperatures are generally found to be acceptable with underfloor.

Activity Room- Ceiling Mounted Radiant Panels

It’s not clear what exactly the activities will be in this room, but I assume that its primary use will be the likes of Keep fit classes etc, with perhaps the occasional sedentary activity. By looking at the plans, we can see that there is full height windows on 3 of the walls in this room.

Based on these parameters, I propose to use ceiling mounted radiant panels. In theory these would be on first thing in the morning to bring the room up to temperature (13-16 ^oC) and then turned off for the most of day whilst it is in use. With the panels being on the ceiling it eliminates the risk of burns as well as the possibility of injury resulting from falling over/onto a low-level radiator during an activity.

Entrance Foyer- Electric Air Curtain

As no one will be in this area for prolonged period, I think an air curtain will be sufficient to eliminate the cold draught. I’d imagine that a 6kW electric air curtain would be suitable. Depending on whether it is a windy area, it may be an idea to invest in a porch/revolving door to further eliminate any draughts.