Nothing on the walls. Heat only the rooms you use. Slim white PowerBoard panels on the ceiling warm people and everything in the room directly, instead of heating the air first. Supplied and installed across the UK.
Most UK offices are heated by ageing gas wet systems or noisy ducted air. Both share the same problem: they heat the whole air volume of the building whether anyone is sitting in it, and they keep failing right when you need them. Staff complaints about cold meeting rooms, drafty hot-desk corners, and a warm-up that takes most of the morning are all symptoms of the same outdated approach.
PowerBoard ceiling panels solve it differently. Each 250W or 500W panel emits long-wave infrared that warms occupants and surfaces directly, the same sensation as sunlight on your face. There is no air movement, no fan noise, and no waiting for the building fabric to warm up. Staff feel comfortable in under 10 minutes of switching on, even on a cold January morning.
Combined with smart zone thermostats, you only ever pay to heat the areas being used. Reception, the open-plan floor, individual meeting rooms and the boardroom can each run on their own schedule, with weekend setback or frost protection only outside business hours.
Zero moving parts, no fans, no pumps. Conference calls, video meetings, and concentration tasks are never interrupted by HVAC start-up or boiler clatter.
Staff arriving at 8:30am no longer need to wear coats until 10am. Radiant warmth reaches occupants within minutes, even from a cold start.
Each meeting room, each pod of desks, and reception runs on its own schedule. Empty rooms drop to setback automatically, occupied rooms hit setpoint within minutes.
Cambridge research shows productivity drops 15% in cold offices. Stable 21°C radiant comfort means fewer complaints, fewer sick days, and steadier output.
No boiler, no flue, no gas supply upgrade, no annual CP12. Reclaim the plant room, drop the service contract, and get a 10-year product warranty in return.
Smart thermostats schedule each zone around your working week, with override from any phone or browser. Easy to add occupancy sensors or meeting-room booking integration.
A 200m² office heated over working hours costs about £1,750 a year at 27p/kWh, with empty rooms, evenings and weekends left off.
Pre-heat a meeting room 10 minutes before the booking, no need to leave it on all day "just in case".
Surface-mount panels install in hours per zone. Fit-out works can phase in floor by floor without shutting the office down.
No air recirculation means no spreading of dust, allergens, or airborne illness. Especially valuable in shared coworking and post-pandemic office layouts.
No boiler, no flue, no AHU. The 5-15m² typically lost to plant becomes lettable, usable space.
No annual gas safety, no boiler service contract, no surprise breakdown call-outs. Just electricity and a 10-year warranty.
Office spaces vary enormously by ceiling height, glazing and occupancy density. The two examples below give a starting point for typical UK commercial office stock.
Most installs are phased one zone at a time, evenings or weekends. A 200m² office typically takes 2-4 days total, with each zone live within hours of its install. There is no plumbing, no ductwork, and no need to shut the office down.
Yes. Many of our office clients keep gas live for hot water or as a transition arrangement. PowerBoard runs on its own circuits and thermostats, so the two systems do not interfere with each other.
This is where PowerBoard shines. Meeting rooms run on their own thermostat (or occupancy sensor). They sit at 12°C frost protection until booked, then pre-heat to 21°C in the 10-15 minutes before the meeting. You stop paying to heat empty rooms all day.
Not on the unit rate: grid electricity costs around 27p/kWh against around 7p for gas. Infrared closes the gap by using less energy, because it warms people rather than the air, reaches comfort in minutes, and lets empty rooms stay off. An off-peak business tariff or solar improves the numbers further. We work your figures out from a heat loss calculation, so you can compare them with your current bills.
Integrated 250W panels mount flush to suspended or plasterboard ceilings (12.5mm deep), finished in white. Most visitors do not notice them at all. Surface-mount 500W and 750W options are also available where ceiling depth is restricted.
PowerBoard ceiling panels deliver silent, zone-controlled radiant heat with fast warm-up and no plant room. Get a free office heating design with exact panel count, zone layout, and a like-for-like running cost comparison against your current bills. Call 0800 342 3800 or book a free remote survey.