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GCS Radiant Heat, Inc.
GCS Radiant Modular Heat Panels
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GCS Radiant Modular Heat panels is a 100% Green Building product utilizing regrind concrete with fly ash and regrind plastic resins for our holding rays.
Modular Radiant Flooring offers a special kind of comfort. It does not heat the air. Instead, the heat moves directly to the objects in the room. Conventional baseboard heating, whether electric or hydronic, must first heat room air that eventually circulates through convection currents.
Modular Radiant Flooring offers many practical advantages:
You get heat where you want it: Modular Radiant Flooring systems produce less air stratification than baseboard or forced-air systems. So heat starts near the floor, directly in your comfort zone. In a radiant system, the temperature difference between floor and ceiling is usually only two or three degrees.
Cleaner: Modular Radiant Flooring reduces the circulation problems associated with forced air. People with allergies will appreciated the reduced circulation of dust, animal dander, odors, fumes and other irritants.
Greater flexibility in decorating: Since Modular Radiant Flooring does not require forced-air diffusers or baseboard heaters, you have greater flexibility in decorating.
You can lower your thermostat: Because the heat originates at your feet, and the comfort of our lower extremities has a lot to do with overall comfort, temperatures can be set lower. Typically 65 degrees Fahrenheit (F) is sufficient instead of 72 degrees.
It is more efficient: When a heat-retaining thermal mass such as structural concrete is combined with improved boilers, circulators and controls, the energy savings over conventional systems can approach 50%.
Reduced heat loss: Heat loss through walls and windows, precisely where baseboard units and forced-air diffusers are located, is minimized because the air in the room is carrying less heat. Unlike forced-air systems, Modular Radiant Flooring doesn’t increase air pressure in rooms, which also means less heat loss through doors and windows.
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by Wendel anderson (Williamsville, N.Y., NY)
This product is installed in one of my High end homes and is working without much energy being consumed . The comfort and lack of noise are Wonderfull
and I look forward to our using GCS Radiant on our next project.
Fullfilled: Energy Efficiency and Green Building Services
Dated: 2008-11-24
My Rating:
by Kelly Fredrickson ( Elicottville, NY)
I have installed GCS RADIANT HEAT PANELS in my home and have geothermal
as the heat source. I can tell from the energy used to date that i will be
heating my home for about 80% less than what i would pay with other so
called standard equipment.The comfort of this radiant system is so good
I have a hard time trying to explain it to people , so I just invite people over.
I also like the absence of noise and dust that i had in my other home. All this
and made of recycled content that I installed my self, Whats not to like.
The utility companys for sure are not going to like this.
Fullfilled: N/A
Dated: 2005-12-04
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