Heating St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne, with Bespoke Halo Heaters

Background

St Paul’s Cathedral in Melbourne stands as a historic landmark, welcoming visitors for over a century. However, like many other heritage buildings, the cathedral faced significant challenges in maintaining a comfortable indoor climate, particularly during colder months. St Paul’s Cathedral’s existing radiant heaters were ineffective, outdated, and were not in line with their sustainability goals for the cathedral.

The Light Up St Paul’s project was “A once-in-a-generation project to provide net-zero Halo Candelabra for the Cathedral“. A key goal of the project was to introduce an efficient heating system that not only provided effective warmth, but also respected the cathedral’s aesthetic’s and long-term environmental responsibility. To achieve this, St Paul’s Cathedral chose to install Herschel Halo heaters, which were completely customised to perfectly match the cathedral’s interiors, that not only provide an efficient source of direct heating, but also provide energy-efficient lighting.

St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne — St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne

Solution

To provide an effective and energy-efficient heating solution for St Paul’s Cathedral, eight bespoke Halo heaters were installed within the Cathedral.

Herschel Halo heaters installed in St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne — Herschel Halo heaters installed in St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne

Bespoke Halo Design

Designing the Decorative Panels

The Halo decorative side-panels were custom-designed to match the heraldic symbols of the St Paul’s crest. Using Herschel’s ultra-precise laser cutting machine, these symbols were then cut into the panels and shaped for each Halo that was built for the cathedral.

St Paul's Cathedral Crest Symbols — Heraldic symbols of the St Paul’s crest

St Paul's Halo Custom Panel Design — Halo panels with custom design to match crest symbols

Designing the Custom Grill

As part of the fully bespoke Halo design, the grill was also custom designed to blend in perfectly with the Cathedral interior. The grill design features the cross symbol found within St Paul’s crest. The combination of the custom panels and grill make the Halo heaters truly unique.

Herschel Halo Grill Design for St Paul's Cathedral — Bespoke grill designed for St Paul’s Cathedral

Final Halo Design

Designed specifically for St Paul’s Cathedral, the Halo cleverly incorporates the Cathedral’s iconic symbols within the custom grill, the bespoke side-panels, and along the top box. LED lighting was also included to provide the Halo with a dual-purpose of not only heating a cold space but to also provide additional lighting where it was much needed. The colour of the Halo can also be customised, in this case, the Halos are painted gold to fit seamlessly into the historic interior of the Cathedral. Herschel’s highly revolutionary InfraSense control system was also fitted to automate the heating schedules for each Halo individually, giving an unrivalled level of control and usability.

St Paul's Cathedral Halo Design — Halo heater designed for St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne

See How the Halo Heaters Were Made

Take a look behind-the-scenes at how this bespoke Halo project was designed and manufactured in our purpose-built UK Production Facility.

Contact our Herschel Heritage Team

The Herschel Infrared Halo heaters provide an efficient, sustainable, non-intrusive and comfortable radiant heating solution for churches, places of worship and other large historical buildings and is available now.