OMNIE, the award-winning UK underfloor heating specialist, is to place benchmark performance information on all its underfloor heating products from Autumn 2023. The information will provide customers with full and transparent disclosure on the efficiencies and heat outputs of its underfloor heating, including the renowned TorFloor 2 integrated floor deck system and the newly launched LowBoard 2 overlay system panels.
The OMNIE 50/50 Performance Benchmark offers two datasets for comparison purposes:
- POWER BENCHMARK – UFH heat output from 50oC flow water temperature (in W/m2)
- EFFICIENCY BENCHMARK – The flow water temperature needed to achieve 50 W/m2 heat output
The 50/50 Performance Benchmark is analogous to a comparison of two modern cars with different MPG ratings, engine efficiency ratings and horsepower. They can both reach 70 miles per hour, but one will be achieving this effortlessly at an efficiency of 60MPG, while the less efficient car will be working harder and drinking 25MPG.
Brendan Hourican, OMNIE’s Managing Director.
OMNIE’s decision to lead the home-heating industry by performance labelling its products comes from a determination by the company to speed up decarbonisation of the energy sector, by drawing from the experience of other sectors.
For decades, while fossil fuels were relatively cheap, most British housing stock relied on a boiler/radiator pairing to meet owners’ heating needs, We’re now in a new era of heating our homes with clean, green fuels, which is driving the transition from boilers to heat pump technology. What’s important is that underfloor heating products pair effectively with heat pumps and absolutely minimise the amount of energy a building’s heating system requires to provide effective heat.
continues Brendan
“All our systems optimise heat transfer from the water pipes, reducing the temperature of the water that is required for effective space heating, so they work brilliantly with heat pump technology. Unfortunately, there is a host of disinformation out there, which is often misleading and can be confusing. Our aim is to give people the facts, to help educate them on how these systems work and how to make the best use of them, to give them confidence to invest in new, better heating systems for their homes.
For a start, we know that rapidly rising energy prices means that, for most of us, every kilowatt of heating must count and that also applies to renewable energy sources. We also know that there is no one-size-fits-all solution – every home is different – so we want to help homeowners make the right product choices for their project and for the planet.
This aligns with other industry sectors, notably white goods, which have promoted their energy performance classification for some years now – a system which has been instrumental in delivering change.
Find out more about OMNIE’s 50/50 Performance Benchmark at: omnie.co.uk/50-50-performance-benchmark-for-ufh.
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