WHSmith store, motorway services
Background
The store was seeking a new heating solution to keep counter staff warm at a chilly till area in a busy services.
The WHSmith retail store is situated inside the main entrance doors of a motorway services. The store is open to one side to the main entrance walkway and has chiller units which resulted in a lower mean radiant temperature within the close proximity. There is some airflow however this is not significant.
Solution
4 x Herschel Select 350W white ceiling grid panel heaters were installed in a suspended ceiling grid above the counter area.
Results
The feedback from staff is that they have been much happier since the infrared ceiling grid panel heaters have been installed. There were previously 2 x 2kW convector heaters under the desk which did very little in terms of keeping the staff warm. The previous heaters also created in a problem in that they kept blowing the electrics to both the chiller and the tills. Thanks to Ambient Engineering for details of this install.
