Showrooms and large retail spaces often come with unique heating challenges, not just due to their size but also the frequent footfall. Both aspects can lead to inconsistent heating throughout the space, which in turn might lead to bad customer experiences, lesser worker comfort, and potential stock damage.
Traditional heating solutions follow a general approach to heating that often leads to poor energy efficiency when introduced in retail environments. Instead, what’s required is a custom retail heating solution from OKEL. Our team of experts’ design heating systems that meet your needs.
The temperature inside a retail shop or showroom is a significant factor that adds to the overall experience of both customers and staff. If your heating system isn’t effective it could lead to a host of challenges including:
Customers quickly want to cut short their shopping experience if the temperature within a store is too hot or cold – Therefore achieving a comfortable and pleasurable shopping experience for your customers is key to ensuring more time to browse and to make that all important sale.
It’s been shown that cold shop floors and showrooms can result in a lack of motivation, lower productivity, and even health and safety risks.
Adding to the already high running costs of large retail spaces, inefficient and/or poorly designed heating systems can lead to excessive (and unnecessary) utility bills during periods of cold weather.
It’s often difficult to heat large open spaces with high ceilings, or shops with mezzanine floors. Traditional heating systems won’t be able to distribute warmth evenly around the building, leaving the shop floor cold.
By tackling these obstacles with a modern heating solution, you’ll be creating a comfortable, sustainable, and safe retail environment. This can be effective at boosting your shop’s reputation above that of its competitors during peak times.
Investing in a bespoke retail or showroom heating solution allows businesses to access many long-term benefits. Areas of improvement include:
The retail heating systems offered by OKEL provide reliable temperature regulation, making it a strategic investment. Our commercial heating systems are designed to operate efficiently within a wide range of spaces, with our team conducting a full survey of the premises to determine what you need.
For large retail spaces and showrooms, warm air heating systems can be an ideal choice. These solutions work by heating the air within a commercial building, rather than using ground level radiators as heat sources that are connected to a traditional central heating system. We supply Natural Gas, LPG, and Electric fuel types of warm air heaters. Also included in our offerings are ERP-compliant and hydrogen blended heaters, which utilise modulating premix burners and fans for improved energy efficiency.
We’ll pick the warm air heating appliances that are most appropriate for your space. By tailoring your heating systems in consideration of the layout and use of your space, the environment can be made as comfortable as possible for visitors and workers. Experience greater temperature control in all areas of your retail space with warm air heating installations.
When it comes to maintaining consistent temperatures throughout large spaces with high ceilings over 5m, destratification systems are an excellent choice – The regular circulation of air throughout the building helps solve many heating problems, especially the uneven distribution of hot air.
This is a common issue for large shops and showrooms with high ceilings. Destratification fans serve as an automated temperature regulation system, monitoring the temperature gradient and only turning on when needed.
A commercial air conditioning system can also be an effective option for heating and cooling. The choice of air conditioning units, or entire heating solution, will depend on your specific retails needs. Our team of experts will help you choose the right heating systems for shops in your area.
Our range of commercial heating solutions includes a variety of systems and models that have been tested for reliability and heating efficiency and with the comfort of the shopper in front of mind.
Our range of commercial heating solutions includes a variety of systems and models that have been tested for reliability and heating efficiency and with the comfort of the shopper in front of mind.
Any changes to a retail shop’s infrastructure must be made as quickly as possible to minimise downtime. The time to install a new commercial heating system will vary depending on the nature of the building and complexity of the system, as well as the quality of the installers.
There are often multiple factors that cause commercial buildings like shops and showrooms to lose heat. The main sources of heat loss often include:
– Poor insulation
– Badly fitted windows and doors
– Open space with high ceilings
– Ineffective heating system
– Poor ventilation and air flow
There are several options to achieve efficient heating within commercial buildings. Commercial boiler systems, warm air units, destratification fans, and air conditioning can all be effective. The most efficient option will depend on various factors, such as the size of the space, how it’s used, and specific structural features.
Depending on the fuel source of your chosen system, you will need either a commercial electrical or gas safe approved engineer. This will ensure your solution complies with all safety regulations while being able to operate at maximum efficiency. Our teams of engineers have completed installations for popular retail and hospitality venues, so they know exactly what’s involved.