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.
All-electric infrared sidesteps the trade-offs. Each room gets its own ceiling panel sized to its heat loss, controlled by its own thermostat. There is no outdoor unit competing with the elevation, no plant cupboard eating into floorplate, and no buffer tank to commission. A separate hot-water solution (small ASHP cylinder, instant electric, or PV-diverter immersion) can be specified independently.
Combined with the fabric performance most modern UK new-builds already achieve, U-values around 0.16-0.18, airtightness around 3 m³/h.m², infrared delivers a comfortable, controllable home that meets and exceeds Part L without forcing the full wet-system + heat-pump capital outlay.
Watch our introduction to infrared heating, the technology behind every PoweRad new-build home installation.
The capital, compliance, and complexity case for all-electric ceiling heating in new-builds.
No gas. No combustion. No flue. Nothing to convert later if the regulations tighten further.
Electricity's SAP10 carbon factor is lower than gas, which helps the emissions side of Part L for an all-electric dwelling. Fabric and primary energy targets still apply, so your SAP assessor checks the whole design.
Daytime PV generation directly offsets heating demand, especially valuable in shoulder seasons when new-build heat loads are highest.
Room up to temperature
Set each space perfectly
Cool-touch panels
30 year design life
Save the gas-utility connection fee, the meter cabinet, and the internal gas run. On many sites this alone pays for the panels.
Strip out radiators, pipework, boiler, flue, cylinder, expansion vessel, condensate run. Simpler build sequence, fewer trades on site.
No gas-safe registration, no MCS heat-pump installer, no F-gas certificate. A standard electrician completes the heating install.
No 1st-fix plumbing for radiator pipework. No commissioning of a wet system. Heating is fitted at 2nd-fix electrical.
No annual service, no boiler replacement at 10-15 years, no F-gas inspection. Predictable bills for the homeowner.
In SAP, PowerBoard is assessed as direct electric heating, so the EPC band comes from the fabric, the tariff and any battery storage and solar PV. Your SAP assessor confirms it for each house type.
See exactly how many panels your new-build needs
Indicative panel schedules for two common UK new-build typologies. Final design is sized to your SAP / Part L heat-loss calculation.
PoweRad PR-S-250 panel, 1200×600mm, 250W, surface or flush ceiling mount
Ready to plan your new-build heating?
Our specialists will design your system for free, no obligation.
Send us your floor plans and SAP heat-loss figures. We'll come back with a panel schedule sized to your heat loss, indicative PV pairing, and a single-page spec your electrician can build from.
New-Build Heating, panels from £229 exc. VAT · 10-year warranty
New-Build Heating from £229
The same new-build home pitch in slide form, ideal for sharing with the family or your installer.