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.
Schools share a tough heating brief: very irregular occupancy, peak demand at exactly the time of day when energy is most expensive, and a duty of care to keep children safe around heating equipment. Classroom radiators take up the wall space that should be used for displays and storage, and they often arrive at temperature long after the first lesson has started.
PowerBoard ceiling panels solve all three. Each classroom runs on its own thermostat and schedule, with fast warm-up timed for the start of each lesson. Walls stay clear for displays, the heating cannot be touched at child height, and there is no fan noise to compete with the teacher's voice.
For school halls, gyms and dining halls, larger 750W panels deliver fast comfort for assemblies, PE and lunch services without trying to heat the building constantly.
No fan noise, no radiator clicking, no boiler thrum. Teachers can be heard from the back of the classroom without raising their voice.
Ceiling-mounted out of reach. No hot radiator faces, no exposed pipework. The risk profile compared to a wet system at child height is dramatically lower.
Fast warm-up means the heating runs lesson-by-lesson, not all day. Empty classrooms drop to setback automatically.
No radiators eating into useful wall space. Whole walls become available for displays, storage, whiteboards and pinboards.
Each classroom, hall, library and office has its own thermostat. South-facing rooms do not have to be the same as north-facing ones.
Smart thermostats handle term dates, INSET days, holidays and after-school clubs without manual override. The site team see everything from one dashboard.
Classrooms heat lesson by lesson and drop to frost protection in holidays and at weekends, instead of a boiler ticking over all term.
No hot radiator faces at child height, no scalding pipework, no leaks into electrical sockets. Ceiling-mounted heating is fundamentally safer for primary settings.
Studies link cold classrooms to lower attainment scores. Stable 20-21°C radiant comfort holds across the lesson without the "too hot, too cold" cycle of a wet system.
Because radiant heating does not require recirculated air, classrooms can be ventilated for CO₂ and air quality without major heating losses.
Most schools install zone-by-zone over October half-term, Christmas and Easter breaks. No need for a single big shutdown.
Predictable site costs, no surprise boiler failure mid-term, no annual CP12 rota across multiple plant rooms.
School heating loads vary by classroom size, ceiling height, glazing, and number of pupils. Typical starting specs:
Yes, and they are typically safer than wet radiator systems. Panels mount at ceiling level, well out of reach, with no exposed hot surfaces or pipework at child height. The 250 classroom panel is BEAB Approved, independently certified by Intertek (250 panel, certificate 30095).
Most school installs are phased across school holidays, classroom-by-classroom. October half-term typically covers a teaching block; full school sites are usually completed over a Christmas break or summer holiday.
Because PowerBoard is radiant rather than convective, opening windows for CO₂ control does not collapse the heating system the way it does with warm-air. Radiant warmth onto pupils continues even with the window cracked open.
Yes. Many schools transition heating to PowerBoard while keeping gas for kitchen and changing-room hot water, then transition that separately later. The two systems do not interfere.
Yes. Smart thermostats can integrate with school BMS via standard protocols, so caretakers see everything in one dashboard alongside lighting, alarms and access control.
PowerBoard ceiling panels deliver per-classroom radiant warmth that is safer, quieter and dramatically cheaper than a school-wide gas system. Get a free school heating design including phased install plan and projected savings. Call 0800 342 3800 or book a free remote survey.