Atlanta, GA, September 21, 2006—Radiant flooring producer SpeedHeat has unveiled their Generation4 floor warming systems in the United States.
SpeedHeat’s proprietary Generation4systems are the most technologically advanced electric radiant floor heating systems in the world.
The newly introduced G4 product line offers consumers the latest evolution in radiant heating with customized comfort and uncompromised safety. The systems also promote healthier environments and enhance energy conservation and green building efforts.
While floor heating has been around since ancient times, SpeedHeat has taken the technology to the next level. The first generation of floor heating was invented by the Romans with installation under the slab. Second generation systems were developed for installation in the slab (such as hydronic heating that relies on hot water being pumped through pipes). Third generation floor warming systems were developed to go on top of the slab, but under a pad or other insulating material.
Finally, SpeedHeat’s Generation4 systems were developed to be installed directly ‘in touch’ with floor finishes offering the highest level of responsiveness and the closest source of radiant heat to maximize energy savings and enhance comfort.
Just as there are differences between a high-end luxury vehicle and a basic economy car, there are many distinctions in floor warming products. While heating elements may look similar, what’s inside makes a world of difference to performance and comfort. SpeedHeat’s G4 systems are characterized by four distinct advantages:
Only SpeedHeat’s Generation4 systems are fully customized to meet the specific needs of each application. Before a SpeedHeat system is created, a consumer’s comfort preferences, geographical location and function of the room, floor coverings, subfloor construction and even microclimates are all considered. Other companies offer a ‘one system does it all’ approach and only increase the element pitch to achieve reduced power per square foot, but without reducing the output per lineal foot, like SpeedHeat does, this ‘one for all’ approach stresses and can partially overheat a sensitive floor.
Because SpeedHeat’s feather-thin Generation4 heating element is optimally engineered to be ‘in touch’ with floor finishes, it warms floors faster than any other systems and at lower, safer temperatures. Because the element is installed closer to the surface than other products, it uses less energy to operate. SpeedHeat also uses more element per square foot than other manufacturers to achieve unequalled low operating temperatures which also reduces energy consumption. Because SpeedHeat’s G4 systems are the most responsive, their Intellistat thermostats also achieve comfort balance with microclimate adjustments, versus fully cycling on an off like other systems, which makes them even more efficient to operate.
SpeedHeat’s Generation4 systems maintain temperature at lower levels than the competitor’s products. This in turn means that G4 does not dry out air as much as older generation systems. Lower air temperatures contain a lesser amount of moisture and bacteria, thus humidity discomfort and the levels of airborne particles are reduced. In fact, even the Department of Energy says, “Radiant heating has a number of advantages: It is more efficient than baseboard heating and usually more efficient than forced-air heating because no energy is lost through ducts. The lack of moving air can also be advantageous to people with severe allergies.”
