Geoff McDonell, PEng, LEED AP, senior mechanical engineer, OMICRON, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Selecting radiant ceiling cooling and heating systems (part 1)

This three-part series provides an overview of the most commonly available and applied commercial building radiant cooling systems. There are also a wide variety of radiant “heating-only” devices that are available, such as low- and high-intensity fuel-fired infrared heaters and electric radiant heating panels and sheets, but the scope of this series is to examine active radiant cooling applications for commercial buildings.