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Underfloor heating and cooling is a form of central heating and cooling that achieves indoor climate control for thermal comfort using hydronic or electrical heating elements embedded in a floor. Heating is achieved by conduction, radiation and convection. Use of underfloor heating dates back to the Neoglacial and Neolithic periods.
Ondol (ON-dol; / ˈ ɒ n. d ɒ l /, [1] Korean: 온돌; Hanja: 溫突/溫堗; Korean pronunciation:) or gudeul (구들; ) in Korean traditional architecture is underfloor heating that uses direct heat transfer from wood smoke to heat the underside of a thick masonry floor. In modern usage, it refers to any type of underfloor heating, or to a ...
Hypocaust under the floor in a Roman villa in Vieux-la-Romaine, near Caen, France. A hypocaust (Latin: hypocaustum) is a system of central heating in a building that produces and circulates hot air below the floor of a room, and may also warm the walls with a series of pipes through which the hot air passes.
Uponor Oyj is a Finnish company that sells products for drinking water delivery, radiant heating and cooling. With approximately 3,700 employees, [3] its head office is located in Helsinki, Finland. [1] Based in Finland, the corporation's shares have been listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange, under the symbol UPONOR, since June 6, 1988. [4]
Underfloor air distribution (UFAD) is an air distribution strategy for providing ventilation and space conditioning in buildings as part of the design of a HVAC system. UFAD systems use an underfloor supply plenum located between the structural concrete slab and a raised floor system to supply conditioned air to supply outlets (usually floor ...
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The first ground in England to have under-soil heating installed was Goodison Park in 1958. [6] The pitch at Old Trafford has 18.4 miles (29.6 km) of under-soil heating and at Elland Road there is an under-soil heating system installed beneath the surface, consisting of 59 miles (95 km) of piping.
The Frente Amplio government, while continuing payments on Uruguay's external debt, [105] also undertook an emergency plan to attack the widespread problems of poverty and unemployment. [106] The economy grew at an annual rate of 6.7% during the 2004–2008 period. [107]