Providing comfort conditions in stadiums that host many events from football matches to athletics competitions is very important for the audience to have a comfortable viewing experience. So how are comfort conditions provided in stadium stands in cold weather? Here are the details…

Sports are among the indispensable elements of a country. Sports competitions and various games are important elements that reinforce the spirit of unity, solidarity and brotherhood. At the same time, sports are also of critical importance for countries to gain international respect and show their level of development to the whole world. Stadiums, which are an important part of sports culture, play an important role in supporting sports by hosting many events from football matches to athletics competitions.

Offering a comfortable viewing experience

The comfort conditions of stadiums, defined as meeting points where fans come together, are very important for the audience to have a more comfortable viewing experience. The first criterion that comes to mind when it comes to comfort in stadium stands in winter is heating. Because when the right technologies are not preferred in outdoor heating; both comfort conditions cannot be provided and heating costs increase significantly due to the energy spent while trying to heat the outdoor air.

Heats stadium stands with the principle of the sun warming the earth

Çukurova Isı offers excellent solutions for heating stadium stands with its advanced technology radiant heater products; because radiant heaters, which heat the environments with the principle of the sun warming the earth, provide economical and comfortable heating by directly warming people instead of heating the air. Although stadiums are structures exposed to high amounts of wind, radiant heaters maintain comfort conditions by providing effective heating without being affected by the wind.

The first and most referenced company in stadium heating

Çukurova Isı Marketing Manager Osman Ünlü, who stated that they have undertaken many important projects in stadium stands that are considered difficult or even impossible to heat in Turkey, stated that as Çukurova Isı, they are the first and most referenced company in stadium heating and drew attention to the importance of project planning:

“If the weather is 10 degrees, the fans in the stands feel 20 degrees”

“Stadium heating requires high engineering ability and experience. Because it is difficult to heat the open air, especially in such windy structures, it is very important to make the engineering calculations correctly, that is, to prepare the right project. It is very difficult and sometimes impossible to compensate for the wrong device selection and wrong capacity determination. We calculate and do the project as a minimum of 10 degrees delta t. In other words, if the weather is 10 degrees, the fans in the stands feel 20 degrees. In fact, we have achieved 16 degrees delta t in the stands of some stadiums such as Konya Stadium.

In Fenerbahçe Şükrü Saraçoğlu Stadium, Kayseri Kadir Has Stadium, İstanbul Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Gaziantep Stadium and many other stadiums, comfort conditions in cold weather are provided with Çukurova Isı’s advanced radiant technologies. The right device and the right project also bring comfort and efficiency,” he said.

Stating that Goldsun CPH FOCUS technology is used in stadium heating, Osman Ünlü continued his words as follows:

“Wind currents are very intense in the stands”

“As its name suggests, there are extended reflectors on the Goldsun CPH FOCUS device so that the rays emitted from the device can be focused, that is, the rays emitted from the devices hung at a height of 35-40 meters do not disperse and can be concentrated on the specified area. These extended reflectors also increase the wind resistance of the devices. Because at a height of 35-40 meters, wind currents are very intense, especially in stands with open backs. For this reason, in the Goldsun CPH FOCUS device; “We use reflector extensions, grids to block the wind and double electrodes. In this way, we offer a comfortable environment to fans in many events from football matches to athletics competitions,” he said.