Emitters

Emitters are added in the Plan task. ExistingAdd existing emitters should be added to the Surveyed plan .and Radiatoradjust the flow temperature on the right-hand sidebar to clearly see where upgrades shouldare beneeded. completedOn ona design optionsoption. Makeyou surecan emittersthen aremodel beingany addedemitter to the correct floor plan.upgrades. 

Below is a quickshort video demonstrating how to add and upgrade radiators and underfloor heating.

Emitters tab

YouAs you build your floor plan, you can findaccess manya range of controls and details onin the Emitters tab:

• View heat loss information per floor and navigate between floors
  • Emitter output:output: total floor emitter output / total floor heat loss
  • Sufficient rooms:rooms: number of rooms where heat loss is met / number of rooms where heat loss is not met. 
• Hover over the 🛈 icon next to Emitters to view the total emitter output and annual demand for the property 
• Each room will displaydisplays whether the heat loss is met alongside the room emitter output / room heat loss 
• Click 🡥 to see room details and the exclamation icon to override the heat loss for that room.
• OnFor new or existing emittersemitters, you can edit details or delete. ForRemoved removed emitters, youemitters can restorebe therestored emitterand to add itadded back to the design option. 

While on the Emitters tab, as you adjust the flow temperature, you can see directly on the floor plan whether the heat loss is being met: 

UFH and other non-radiator emitters have a fixed output that does not change with flow temperature in Heatpunk. As seen above, the living room output remains the same. 

Adding radiators  

To place radiators on a floor plan, drag and drop from the right-hand sidebar. 

Click on the radiator to edit the type and size or delete.remove from the plan. If the type you are looking for isn't listed, click Add materialsMaterial to add new radiators to your material library. 

Adding underfloor heating or other emitters 

To add underfloor heating, navigate to the Emitters tab > 🡥 See room details on the room you're adding UFH or other emitters. 

Below the room details, then click Add underfloor heating or Add other emitters.

UFH and other non-radiator emitters have a fixed output that does not change with the flow temperature in Heatpunk. 

Emitter upgrades

To complete emitter upgrades, make sure you have a design option selected. When you add, upgrade or remove emitters, thesethis will beis clearly labelled for each room: 

Radiator upgrades

Click on the radiator on the plan and then click upgrade. 

This menu will then pop up where you can edit the details of the existing emitter.

Clicking Save changes will delete the existing radiator from the floor plan and replace it with the new radiator. 

Underfloor heating and other emitters upgrades

If you are replacing the radiator with underfloor heating (or another emitter), delete the radiator from the plan and follow the steps above to add UFH/other emitters to a project. 

Overriding heat loss

To override the heat loss on a room, click the exclamation icon. Input the reason for the override and save. 

The text will then appear on the floor plan. To view the full text, click 🡥 See room details.