Here in the US, radiators (heater vents, baseboard heaters, etc) are
located below windows to help prevent the moisture inside the house from
condensing on a cold window. In some parts of the country, it is a code
violation to place the heat source anyplace else.

David

Russell McMahon wrote:
> A friend asks:
>
> Industry practice is to locate heating radiators (most often fed via a
> reticulated hot water system) under windows.
>
> Nobody can tell me why this is done and to my mind it would perhaps be 
> the
> worst place from an energy efficiency point of view although there may 
> be
> other reasons (like reducing convective draughts within the room  - 
> which
> can reduce the apparent temperature by several degrees) why it is a 
> good
> idea.
>
> I would hence appreciate your commentary as to what you would expect 
> to be
> the optimum location for a radiator and why.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
>
>         Russell 
>
>   
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