For business
Infrared heating for workplaces
Smarter energy for smarter businesses. Heat the people in the room, zone every area, and do away with the boiler room.
Offices and workplaces
Heat desks and meeting rooms when they are in use, not the whole floor all day.
Churches and heritage
Discreet panels for tall, hard-to-heat spaces, without new pipework through historic fabric.
Landlords and housing
Low-maintenance electric heating with no annual boiler service.
Hotels and hospitality
Ballrooms, bars, function suites and bedrooms warmed when guests are in them, without a big boiler running for the whole building.
Retail and showrooms
Warmth at the counter and on the shop floor, with no fan noise or blown dust over your stock.
Halls, gyms and studios
Large rooms used for a few hours at a time, heated for the class or the event, then switched off.
How it works for your business
Survey
We survey your building and send a full specification and fixed quote.
Heat
Infrared panels warm the people in each zone, with no boiler or plant room.
Control
Every zone has its own control, so empty floors and meeting rooms are not heated all day.
Save
Add solar and battery storage to run more of your heating on your own power.
Case study · Hospitality
A hotel ballroom brought back into use
The Royal Marine Hotel's ballroom sits in a building from 1854 with little insulation. Convection heaters could not keep it warm, so the room went unused through the colder months. Owner Richard Carig had infrared heating fitted when the ballroom was refurbished.
The problem
A large room in an 1854 building with little insulation. Convection heaters only warmed the air and struggled to heat the space, so the ballroom was effectively unusable for much of the year.
What we fitted
Infrared panels sized to the 100 m² ballroom, installed by our engineer James in a single day as part of the refurbishment. No boiler, no new pipework through the old walls.
The result
A room that is warm, comfortable and usable all winter. Richard now plans to roll infrared out across the rest of the hotel over the next year or so.
“The difference is night and day.”
“The room is now warm, comfortable, and fully usable throughout the colder months.”
Why infrared for business
Why infrared suits commercial buildings
Most workplaces are heated the same way homes are: warm the air and hope it reaches people. In big rooms, tall rooms and rooms used at different times, that wastes a lot of heat. Commercial infrared heating works differently.
Heats people, not the roof space
Warm air rises and collects under high ceilings. Infrared warms the people, floors, walls and furniture it reaches, so halls, churches, ballrooms and warehouses feel warm at head height.
Zoned by room and by hour
Every zone has its own control and schedule. Meeting rooms, function suites and empty floors stay off until they are booked, instead of heating the whole building all day.
No boiler, flue or plant room
Panels run on electricity with no moving parts, so there is no boiler to service, no pipework to leak and no plant room taking up space you could use.
Quick to fit, little disruption
Panels mount on walls or ceilings and wire into your existing supply. The 100 m² hotel ballroom above was finished in one day.
Kinder to old buildings
Warming the fabric of the room helps keep walls drier and cuts condensation. No new pipe runs are needed through historic walls or floors.
Ready for solar and batteries
Because it runs on electricity, infrared can use power from your own solar panels and a battery, charged when grid prices are low.
Compare
Infrared and other ways to heat a workplace
A plain comparison of how each option behaves in a typical office, hall or hospitality space. Your survey covers the figures for your own building.
| Feature | Infrared panels | Gas boiler and radiators | Fan or convector heaters |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it warms | People and surfaces directly | The air, which then rises | The air, often with a draught |
| High ceilings | Warmth stays at head height | Heat collects at the ceiling | Heat collects at the ceiling |
| Room-by-room control | Every zone on its own schedule | Possible with valves and zoning work | Unit by unit, often manual |
| Plant room and pipework | None | Boiler, flue and pipework | None |
| Servicing | No annual boiler service | Annual service and gas safety checks | Filters and fans to clean |
| Noise and dust | Silent, no blown air | Quiet | Fan noise, moves dust around |
| Works with solar and battery | Yes | No | Yes |
Questions
Business heating, answered
What kinds of buildings suit infrared?
Offices, retail units, studios, churches and heritage buildings, and rented homes. Anywhere with high ceilings or rooms used at different times.
Can we heat only the areas in use?
Yes. Every zone has its own control, so meeting rooms and empty floors are not heated all day.
Do you provide a specification?
Yes. We survey the building and provide a full specification and fixed quote.
Can you install while our business keeps trading?
Usually, yes. Panels mount on walls or ceilings and connect to your existing supply, so there is no heavy building work. We agree install times with you at the survey. A 100 m² hotel ballroom took one day.
Is infrared suitable for listed and heritage buildings?
Yes. Panels need no new pipework through historic walls or floors, and warming the fabric of the room helps with damp and condensation. If your building is listed, check with your local conservation officer, as some changes need listed building consent.
What does commercial infrared heating cost to run?
It depends on the size of the space, how well it holds heat and how many hours each zone is used. After the site survey we give you a running cost estimate for your building alongside the fixed quote.
Can infrared run on our own solar power?
Yes. Infrared runs on electricity, so it can use power from solar panels on your roof and from a battery charged when grid prices are lowest. We can quote for all three together.
Where do the panels go?
On walls or ceilings, positioned at the survey so each zone is covered evenly. In public areas such as halls, bars and receptions they are usually fitted high, out of the way.
Do you install outside Glasgow?
Yes. We survey and install in commercial buildings across mainland Scotland, from city-centre offices to rural churches, village halls and hotels.
Workplaces
Comfortable teams, lower running costs
Heat the people in the room, zone by zone, so meeting rooms, desks and open-plan floors are warm only when they are in use.
Across Scotland
Heating workplaces from Glasgow to the Highlands
We survey and install in commercial buildings across mainland Scotland, from city-centre offices to rural churches and village halls. Every building gets a site survey, a full specification and a fixed quote.
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