It has long been accepted that for perfect comfort the human body should receive most of its warmth from below by radiant and conductive means.  Warming the floor instead of the surrounding air means that you experience pleasant warm feet and a cool upper body.

That is why underfloor heating is the preferred method of heating in most countries.  The floor structure is gently warmed producing a large radiant plane typically at 23° C. The energy emitted is absorbed by persons and objects without directly heating the air, resulting in a near perfect temperature profile between floor and ceiling.

The resultant comfort level is achieved at a lower air temperature than that produced by a convection system with no loss of air quality.

Unfortunately this level of comfort comes with high running costs in pellets, gas or electricity.

Not any more: recently Euromed Eco-power Co ltd has embarked on an ambitious project to address this issue, by developing a system that amalgamates solar water heaters with underfloor heating. This enables consumers to have the same comfort for a much lower running cost. The system has been taken up and many new homes are being equipped with this system.