Comparison ceiling - floor radiant panels

The HLK laboratory of the University of Stuttgart has realized a report comparing the energy output required to heat the same industrial hall with floor radiant panels and with ceiling radiant panels. The results of the calculation show that the output required by floor systems is 20-25% higher. In another report HLK analyses thermal flows towards the ground and through the ground to the environment. Also in this case calculations show that with floor system the dispersion flow to the ground is about 50% higher. It is therefore possible to state that the heating system with ceiling radiant panels allows a considerable energy and economic saving, in comparison to the floor heating system.

HLK pdf comparison report