Retail spaces and showrooms

The typical retail problem

• How comfortable customers feel translates directly into dwell time and basket size.
• The entrance is a pocket of cold and draughts all winter.
• Appearance matters: ductwork spoils the interior, and there is no room for it anyway.
• The load swings hard between weekends and weekdays.

Recommended models

Requirement	Model
Heating and cooling	OXA K, OXA 530N/670N
Fresh air	OXA FK
Entrance area	OXA SD

Worked example

A 1,200 m² showroom, 7 m high, with heat gains from lighting and people calling for 85 kW of cooling.

• OXA K-2 — 3 units at 34 kW of cooling each.
• An OXA SD-1 over the entrance provides a horizontal-discharge air curtain.
• Schedules: full output at weekends, economy mode midweek.

The investor’s view: climate that sells

In retail, indoor conditions convert into dwell time and revenue per square metre. Ductless heating keeps the full ceiling height available for shelving and lighting, and the installation never closes the shop for a day.

• 4 days of installation with the store still trading — the actual figure from the case below.
• Not a single duct overhead: the whole height works for display, wayfinding and light.
• Even conditions at the windows and the tills: vortex distribution without draughts means fewer staff complaints and fewer “cold corner” returns.
• Summer on the same equipment: the cooling-capable series removes the need for a separate air conditioning system for the sales floor.

Case study

A 1,200 m² builders’ merchant sales floor, 7 m high: 3 × OXA K with no ductwork at all — installed in 4 days without closing for trade.