Infrared Heating for Churches: All Saints’ Stamford Heritage Heating Event
In September, we attended a fantastic event hosted by All Saints’ Church, Stamford, bringing together churches and heritage organisations to explore how heating and lighting can be transformed in historic buildings.
The event provided a valuable opportunity for those responsible for churches, listed buildings and other heritage properties to learn more about the challenges of improving comfort and energy efficiency while respecting the character, fabric and practical requirements of these important spaces.
A real-world example of infrared heating for churches
All Saints shared their own experience of delivering a successful church heating project, using their Herschel Halo infrared heating installation as a real-world example of what can be achieved when comfort, energy efficiency and the needs of a historic building are considered together.
Heating churches can be particularly challenging. High ceilings, large open spaces, historic building fabric and intermittent patterns of use can all make conventional heating approaches difficult and expensive to operate.
Infrared heating works differently. Rather than relying on warming large volumes of air, infrared provides radiant warmth directly to people and surrounding surfaces. This allows heat to be focused where it is needed, making infrared heating particularly well suited to churches and heritage buildings where targeted comfort can be more practical than trying to heat the entire building volume.
Exploring better heating solutions for historic buildings
Throughout the day, visitors were able to see the Herschel Halo installation in operation and hear first-hand about All Saints’ experience of planning and delivering the project.
It was great to see such strong interest, with plenty of valuable conversations taking place between visitors, the All Saints team and our Herschel specialists. We discussed a wide range of potential church heating projects and explored how infrared heating could be adapted to different building layouts, usage patterns and heating requirements.
Every historic building is different, which is why careful assessment and system design are such important parts of any heritage heating project. The level of interest generated by the event was extremely encouraging, with a number of new site surveys now being arranged as a result. These surveys will allow our team to assess each church individually and recommend an appropriate heating solution based on the building, how it is used and the comfort required.
Helping churches find the right heating solution
For churches considering replacing or improving an existing heating system, seeing a successful installation in a comparable building can provide invaluable insight into what is possible.
A big thank you to All Saints’ Church for hosting such a well-received and informative event and, in particular, for openly sharing their Herschel Halo heating experience with other churches and heritage organisations considering similar projects.
It was a great example of how successful real-world projects can help others make more informed decisions about the future of heating in historic buildings. We look forward to continuing the conversations that started on the day.
We hope to share a more detailed case study on All Saints’ Church, with feedback from the church, in due course.
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