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Show PILIillllG GAINS IIIFAVOH iHjims Radiators .Are Displaced With Pipes Placed in Room Walls heating Is the most widely uaed type. It Is used on steamships, yachts, buses, airplanes, all kinds of Industrial snd commercial build Ings, as well as the vsrlous forms of residential construction from modest bungalows to skyscraper hotela and apartment building a. The heating system In the new British embassy, which la common ly referred to as "the most up-to-date building in Washington, la a new demonstration of the adaptability adapta-bility of radiator heating to any conditions. The embassy will be heated by panel heating, which means that the celling and walls will be warmed by steel pipes built Into the construction con-struction so that the warmth from these pipes will be radiated Into the rooms. In other words, there will be no radiators, either of cast Iron, copper cop-per or aluminum, but the plaster will act as a radiator. Owing to the mild temperature desired at the plaster serface, hot water 1s the heating medium for distributing heat from the central boiler plant to the panels. Because, of the vast spread of the radiating surface of the plaster compared to the size of the conventional radiator, radia-tor, a very low water temperaturej will be sufficient to heat the rooms. The air In the room, according to heating engineers, will play practically practi-cally no part In carrying the heat from the heating medium to the furniture. Thus In the winter the embassy will not have an Indoor atmosphere of warm or hot sir. Kx-perlence Kx-perlence has shown that It Is rfl I slhle to keep warm In air con aider - ahly cooler than 70 degrees If radiant ra-diant heating Is used. A portion of the celling heat will radiate downward Into the room. This radiant heat will be reflected at various anglea by the walls of the room, the furniture, etc., and will Impinge on the occupants of the room, from above and from all sides. - The radian' heat wUl be absorbed directly by t:ie surface which It rtrlkes In proportions which depend on the nature and color of the surface. |