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Smart Heating Controls

Zoned heating · Underfloor · Weather compensation

Smart heating controls, room by room instead of house by house.

Per-room temperature control across the East Midlands. Zoned radiators and underfloor heating, presence-based setbacks and weather compensation — so you stop heating empty rooms.

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A single thermostat in the hallway is a strange way to run a house. It measures one spot, in the coldest and draughtiest part of the building, then heats every room to whatever that reading demands — the south-facing lounge that is already warm, the spare bedroom nobody has used since March, and the bathroom you actually wanted warm at 7am.

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What's included

  • Per-room temperature sensing and control
  • Zoned radiator valves or underfloor manifold actuators
  • Schedules per room, not one house-wide programme
  • Presence-based setback on unused rooms
  • Open-window detection and heating cut-off
  • Weather compensation on flow temperature
  • Heat pump and boiler integration
  • Energy logging per zone so you can see what's costing what

From £2,900

ex-VAT, supplied, installed & commissioned

Room comfort sensor measuring temperature and humidity on a wall
A reading per room beats one reading in the draughtiest spot in the house.

01 · Zoning

A target and a schedule per room

Bedrooms drop to 16°C overnight and come back up before the alarm. The home office holds 20°C on weekdays and doesn't bother at weekends. The bathroom gets a short boost in the morning rather than being heated all day.

Nothing is heated on the assumption that the hall is representative of the house, because it never is.

  • Per-room temperature sensing and control
  • Schedules per room, not one house-wide programme
  • Zoned radiator valves or underfloor actuators
  • Energy logged per zone so you can see the cost
Window contact used to cut heating when a window is opened

02 · Presence

Savings that survive contact with real life

Rooms nobody has entered fall back automatically and come up again when someone walks in. Open a window and that room's heating stops rather than fighting it.

It is the sort of saving that requires no change in behaviour, which is exactly why it is still there in year three.

  • Automatic setback on unused rooms
  • Open-window detection and heating cut-off
  • No routines for anyone to remember
  • Nothing to switch back on manually
Loxone weather station used for weather-compensated heating

03 · Underfloor and heat pumps

Slow systems have to anticipate, not react

Underfloor heating needs to start early enough to hit temperature at the right time, and to use outside temperature to judge how early that is.

Weather compensation on the flow temperature is where most of the efficiency gain sits — especially with a heat pump, where the difference between a good and bad control strategy shows up on every bill.

  • Anticipatory start times, not simple on/off
  • Weather compensation on flow temperature
  • Underfloor manifold actuators per loop
  • Heat pump and boiler integration

Why it's worth doing properly

Smart Heating Controls, done once and done right.

Stop heating empty rooms

Unused rooms fall back automatically and recover when someone walks in. The saving needs no behaviour change to stick.

Warm when you want it

Bathroom warm at 7am, bedrooms cool overnight, office off at weekends. Each room on its own schedule.

Built for underfloor

Slow systems need anticipation, not reaction. Start times are calculated from outside temperature so you hit target on time.

Weather compensation

Flow temperature tracks the outside conditions. This is where most of the real efficiency gain sits, especially on a heat pump.

Windows don't fight the heating

Open a window and that zone stops. No more radiator running flat out against an open sash.

You can see the cost

Per-zone logging shows which rooms actually consume the energy — usually not the ones people assume.

Loxone Silver Partner

Certified installers, never sub-contracted

Same week

Site visit availability across the East Midlands

£0 / mo

No subscription, no cloud fees, ever

12 months

Parts and labour warranty on every install

Works best together

Related services

One Miniserver runs all of it. Most customers combine two or three of these rather than installing them as separate systems.

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Lighting design · Scenes · Dimming · Circadian control

FAQ

Smart Heating Controls — common questions

How much can smart heating controls actually save?
Independent studies of zoned heating with presence-based setback generally report 15–25% off heating energy, and our own installs sit broadly in that range. The saving comes almost entirely from not heating unoccupied rooms and from lower flow temperatures via weather compensation. Be sceptical of anyone quoting 40% — that figure usually assumes you were previously heating an empty house continuously.
How is this different from a Nest or Hive thermostat?
A Nest or Hive is still one thermostat controlling the whole house — it's a smarter version of the same single-zone approach. The difference here is per-room control: every room has its own sensor, its own target and its own schedule. That's the change that produces the saving, because most of the waste is heating rooms nobody is in.
Does this work with underfloor heating?
Yes, and underfloor is where it makes the biggest difference. UFH is slow to respond, so it has to start early enough to reach temperature at the right time — and how early depends on the outside temperature. We control the manifold actuators per loop and calculate start times rather than running fixed schedules.
Is it compatible with a heat pump?
Yes, and heat pumps benefit more than boilers do. Heat pump efficiency falls sharply as flow temperature rises, so weather compensation — running the lowest flow temperature that will actually heat the house on a given day — is the single biggest lever on running cost. We integrate with the heat pump's own controls rather than fighting them.
Do I need to replace my radiators?
No, but each zoned radiator needs a controllable valve fitted, which is a straightforward plumbing job. What sometimes does need revisiting is radiator sizing if you're moving to a heat pump and lower flow temperatures — that's a separate conversation and we'll flag it at survey rather than after.
How much does zoned heating control cost?
A typical 3–4 bed retrofit with per-room control starts around £2,900 ex-VAT and commonly lands between £4,000 and £7,000 depending on zone count and whether it's radiators, underfloor or a mix. New builds are cheaper because the wiring goes in at first fix. Fixed written quote after a free site visit.
What happens if the internet goes down?
Nothing changes. All heating logic runs locally on the Miniserver in the property — schedules, setbacks, weather compensation and window detection all continue. This matters more for heating than almost any other system, because a cloud outage in February shouldn't leave a house cold.

Where we work

Heating & climate across the East Midlands

Belper Ashbourne Buxton Chesterfield Derby Doncaster Grantham Hucknall Ilkeston Leicester Lincoln Mansfield Newark Loughborough Nottingham Matlock Rotherham Retford Sheffield Sutton-in-Ashfield Southwell Worksop Full East Midlands coverage

Next step

Thinking about heating & climate?

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