Choose the Perfect Heater for Your Space

Written by: Scandinavian Trading Team | Published on: 12 November 2024 | Edited on: 16 January 2025

Choosing the right heater is essential for effective warmth and energy efficiency. By assessing your space’s heat demand and strategically placing heaters, you can create a comfortable environment with optimal heat distribution. Beha Electric Smart Heaters, designed for versatility and performance, offer advanced features like integrated Wi-Fi, cold draft control, and dust-free operation. With options in steel, glass, and paintable finishes, Beha heaters are the perfect choice for any room.

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Embarking on a new build or renovation project involves numerous decisions, including deciding on the heat demand of each room and the best location for your heat source. By spending a bit of time determining your specific heat demand, you’ll get the full benefit of your heaters, and the position of your heater can help the efficiency.
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Understanding Heat Demand

Heat demand refers to the amount of warmth required to maintain a comfortable indoor temperature, typically measured in watts per square metre.

A general guideline is an estimated 100W per square metre, however, the exact amount can differ based on various factors:

  • Location: Where your building is geographically situated affects its exposure to the elements.
  • Age of Building: Older buildings might not be as energy efficient as newer ones.
  • Insulation Efficiency: The quality and type of insulation play a significant role.
  • Building Structure: The number of external walls, window sizes, loft spaces and floors touching the ground can all influence the heating demand.
  • Room purpose: For instance, living areas might have different needs compared to storage areas.

It is key to appreciate that even two similar houses built in the same era might have different heating requirements, say due to varying insulation upgrades. Due to this variation, some houses will need a bit less than 100W per square metre whilst another house might need a bit more.

Optimising Heat Distribution

To estimate the heating requirement for a space, you will need to do a simple calculation. For a room measuring 10m2 and an average heat demand of 100W per m2, you would need a heater around 1000W capacity (10m2 x 100W). However, it is wise to opt for a slightly higher capacity to ensure heating needs are consistently met.

Furthermore, consider the benefits of multiple heaters. A single unit operating continually at its peak experiences more wear, often keeping the heating elements at elevated temperatures. Splitting this demand between two heaters not only prolongs their lifespan but also gives even heat across the room. This way you can set your thermostat lower and still experience that the room is warm and comfortable as the heat is distributed better.

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Ideal Spot for Your heater

The position of the heater is important to get the optimal effect from them and, as a starting point, it is sensible to put them below windows. You can often experience coldness from your windows when the room temperature gets cooled down by the cooler window surface. This cooler denser air sinks to the floor and create an unwelcome drafty sensation. By placing a heater under the window, you counteract this effect with rising warm air and therefore, increase the effectiveness of your heating. For an optimal results, it’s advisable to select a heater that closely matches the width of your window.

Additionally, when setting up a heater, it is important to maintain the recommended distance from the floor and nearby furnishing. This distance can vary between manufacturers, but with quality heaters you’ll be surprised how little distance is necessary between heater and nearest flammable object.

Beha Electric Smart Heaters

Our quality Electric Smart Heaters from Beha, that are used extensively throughout Norway in houses, offices and holiday homes, offers a wide selection to fit every requirement. Whether your preference leans towards the classic steel fronted heaters, or the modern glass fronted heaters, or you prefer to create your own look with the paintable Beha Raw, we’ve got you covered.  They come in a variety of sizes and power outputs, including a slim fitting selection that will elegantly fit under larger windows. And with the option of floor mounting feet, you can even install these heaters in front of a floor to ceiling window to keep your home cosy.

They also boast very small distances for clearance around the heaters with 30mm below, 20mm to sides and 100mm above the heaters.

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Features of Electric Smart Heaters:

  • Range of power outputs from 400W to 2000W
  • Integrated Wi-Fi
  • Thermal protection against overheating
  • Operated with an easy-to-use app
  • Can be operated manually with a thermostat wheel
  • Temperature is projected on floor when adjusted
  • Available in white steel, white glass and paintable front cover
  • Returns to set temperature after power outages
  • NEMKO approved and CE marked
  • LOT 20 compliant
  • 5 Year warranty
  • Cold draft function
  • Double insulation
  • 5m white cable and plug
  • Does not burn dust
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Final Thoughts

Quality heaters, like Beha’s Electric Smart Heaters, make all the difference in achieving a comfortable and energy-efficient home. From precise temperature control to stylish designs, these heaters bring both functionality and aesthetics to any room. Explore our range to find the perfect heater to meet your needs, or click on the button below to request a quote or make a purchase.

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