What is the difference between space heating and spot heating?

Space heating refers to the warming of a room or building for comfort or to avoid freezing. Spot heating refers to the warming of a specific area within a much larger unheated structure, such as the spectator stands in an ice arena, a shippers station in an unheated warehouse, work stations in a courier depot or a restaurant patio.  more

Space heating refers to the warming of an entire room or building for comfort or to avoid freezing. Spot heating refers to the warming of an area within a much larger unheated structure, such as the spectator stands in an ice arena, a shipper’s station in an unheated warehouse, work stations in a courier depot, or a restaurant patio. Technical background Spot or area heating is a method of providing comfort to an individual or group of individuals without heating the entire space or building to a comfortable air temperature level. Schwank luminous infrared heaters are the only heaters which offer a practical, economical solution to the problem of providing comfort in relatively large unheated structures that are sparsely populated. No other method of heat transfer can warm individuals without wasting heat to surrounding air. The design criterion for the application of Schwank infrared for spot heating is different than that of space heating. In a space heating application, a ...  more