A burner and associated methods are disclosed. The burner comprises a housing and a heat shield. The housing comprises an inlet for receiving gas, one or more outlets for expelling gas, and walls forming a gas cavity for directing the gas from the inlet to the outlet. The heat shield comprises a shield layer configured to cover at least a portion of at least one of the walls to thermally insulate the at least one of the walls from heat outside the gas cavity.

The disclosure relates to a gas-heated infrared radiation emitter comprising at least one radiating screen, which is for example made of ceramic and/or metal, in the form of at least one plate comprising a lower main surface and an upper main surface that are distant from each other, and a plurality of through-prisms, which are preferably hollow, extending from the lower main surface to the upper main surface, each prism being defined by a polygonal base and by an axis. The prisms may be juxtaposed with one another so that their polygonal bases form a tiling of at least one portion of the lower and upper main surfaces of said plate.