Torrent is the second most populous municipality in the Valencia metropolitan area and one of the most industrially active in the l’Horta Sud district. Its business parks house logistics, food processing, metal fabrication, wood and plastics companies that need efficient heating solutions during the winter months to maintain adequate working conditions in large-volume warehouses.
At Acoval, based in the neighbouring municipality of Aldaia, we are just 10 minutes from Torrent’s main business parks. This proximity allows us to offer an agile service for both heating installation and maintenance.
Torrent’s industrial parks
Masia del Juez Industrial Park
This is Torrent’s largest industrial hub, hosting companies from a wide range of sectors. Units range from 500 to 5,000 square metres, with ceiling heights exceeding 6 metres in many cases. Heating these spaces with conventional systems is inefficient and costly: warm air rises and accumulates near the ceiling, leaving the working zone at an inadequate temperature.
El Toll - L’Alberca
An expanding area with more recently built units and better thermal insulation, making it easier to implement efficient heating systems. It hosts food sector and logistics companies with more demanding temperature requirements.
The challenge of heating industrial warehouses
Industrial warehouse heating presents specific challenges that cannot be solved with conventional residential or commercial heating systems:
- Large air volume: a 2,000 m2 warehouse with 8-metre-high ceilings contains 16,000 m3 of air to heat. Attempting to raise the temperature of this entire volume is not energy-viable.
- Frequent door openings: loading and unloading dock doors open constantly, causing enormous heat losses.
- Zoning: not the entire warehouse needs the same temperature. Working areas require thermal comfort, but storage areas can be kept at lower temperatures.
The key is to choose systems that heat people and active zones rather than the entire air volume.
Heating solutions for warehouses in Torrent
Radiant ceiling systems
Infrared radiant panels or tubes are the most efficient solution for large-volume warehouses. They emit heat through direct radiation — like the sun — warming surfaces and people without needing to heat the air. This delivers savings of 30% to 50% compared with conventional warm-air systems.
Radiant ceiling systems are particularly suited to warehouses with frequently opened loading docks, since they do not rely on warm air and losses from air currents are minimal.
Unit heaters and warm-air generators
For warehouses with good airtightness and moderate ceiling heights, hot-water-fed unit heaters or warm-air generators can be an effective solution. When combined with air destratification fans that push the warm air accumulated near the ceiling down to the working zone, their performance improves significantly.
Aerothermal heat pumps
Air-source heat pumps are an increasingly viable alternative for industrial heating. In Torrent, with its Mediterranean climate where winter temperatures rarely drop below 2 C, aerothermal systems deliver very high performance (COP of 3 to 4), resulting in significantly lower operating costs than gas-based systems.
Combining aerothermal energy with industrial underfloor heating in working areas is one of the most comfortable and efficient solutions for warehouses where operators remain in fixed positions for extended periods.
Industrial underfloor heating
Underfloor heating is not exclusive to residential properties. In industrial warehouses where high thermal comfort is required in the working zone — such as precision workshops, laboratories or food production halls — underfloor heating provides uniform temperature distribution and an excellent thermal sensation.
Maintenance and efficiency
An industrial heating system only maintains its efficiency if it is inspected regularly. Gas burners need combustion adjustments, aerothermal equipment requires heat exchanger cleaning, and control systems must be calibrated to match actual operating conditions.
From Aldaia, we offer industrial heating maintenance contracts that include pre-winter inspections, breakdown support and ongoing technical assistance.
If your business in Torrent needs an efficient industrial heating solution, contact us via our contact page. We visit your warehouse, assess your thermal requirements and propose the solution with the best balance between investment and energy savings.
