Thermal Comfort in Offices: Emmeti Solutions for Heating, Cooling, and Productivity
Ensuring a comfortable indoor climate is now a fundamental requirement in workplaces. Numerous studies confirm that a thermally balanced environment—supported by a constant flow of fresh air and regulated temperature—positively influences concentration, physical and mental well-being, and consequently, employee performance.
Emmeti offers a complete range of solutions to improve indoor climate comfort, adapting to every context, from traditional offices to home workspaces.
Heating and Cooling in Workspaces
There are many ways to enhance indoor climate comfort in offices. These include:
The rise of remote work has highlighted the importance of creating functional and comfortable home spaces. A well-designed home office goes beyond an ergonomic chair and good lighting—it also requires a pleasant indoor climate, achieved through air filtration systems, regular ventilation, and precise temperature control.
Whatever the setting—traditional office or home office—it is essential to choose technological solutions that guarantee optimal climate comfort in spaces where we spend most of the day.
Solutions for indoor climate in work environments
The main criteria to consider when choosing an effective air conditioning system include:
Ventilation and Cooling Without Drafts: For uniform comfort without discomfort
Optimal Ambient Temperature: Precise temperature control
Silent Operation: Essential for maintaining focus
Large Offices: Sustainable Solutions to Reduce Carbon Emissions
In newly constructed office buildings, radiant heating panels for ceilings are increasingly used for heating. This technology allows precise temperature control through advanced thermostatic systems, avoiding energy waste and reducing emissions.
Large organizations, due to their significant environmental impact, are called to lead the ecological transition. Adopting efficient systems compatible with renewable energy sources is now a strategic responsibility.
Radiant ceiling panels operate at low water temperatures, making them ideal for integration with heat pumps, which use renewable energy sources.
These systems can also be used for summer cooling, offering a versatile and efficient solution.
Alternatively, underfloor radiant systems and fan coils (installable on walls, floors, or ceilings) are valid options, also compatible with heat pumps.
Small Offices: Flexibility and Responsiveness
Small offices, often similar to residential spaces, require flexible and easily adjustable climate solutions. Radiators are particularly suitable thanks to their ability to respond quickly to temperature changes and provide personalized comfort.
This responsiveness is enhanced by low thermal mass and the use of high-emission materials such as steel. When using a heat pump as an energy source, underfloor heating combined with fan coils is an ideal combination for year-round comfort and energy efficiency.
Comfortable Home Offices
In the past, working from home was mainly associated with freelancing. However, over the last few years, many people have discovered the benefits of working in the comfort of their own home. Obviously, a better work-life balance is one of them, but remote work also gives you the opportunity to create a comfortable home office that is perfectly tailored to your needs.
Some of the first things that come to mind when creating the ideal home office are good lighting and ergonomic furniture. However, it’s equally important to have an efficient heating solution that ensures an optimal temperature throughout the day, and that’s precisely what our radiators are designed for.
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Interview with an expert
Christophe Raes, project manager, Belgium
Trying to create the ‘perfect’ climate in an office is a tough challenge due to the many factors we must consider. A healthy indoor air must be provided at the right comfortable temperature in all the seasons of the year, so it has become crucial to provide systems that can do both heat and cool. It is important to achieve a uniform temperature over the entire space in a large office space with often flexible workplaces. Climate ceilings are often used for this purpose, with or without additional underfloor heating.
In meeting rooms where the need for heating or cooling is highly dependent on the number of people, it is advisable to use supplementary fan convectors. In addition to choosing the right heating and cooling system, it is also important that good sun protection systems are installed in offices with a lot of glass to limit external influences on the indoor climate.