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Heatizon Contributes to LEED Credits with Green Radiant Products

Going green isn’t the wave of the future….it has become a prime focus of today’s building practices. And at Heatizon Systems, we’ve designed radiant heating products that support green concepts, like sustainability, use of fewer natural resources, and energy-efficiency. So, while you enjoy comfortable, radiant heat and lower home maintenance costs, Heatizon will help you protect the environment.

If designing, building working and living in green buildings is important to you, Heatizon Systems radiant heating products are a perfect solution.

Seven Shades of Green

• Heatizon Products use electric energy—a quickly growing and renewable energy resource.
• Heatizon Products are 100% energy efficient, and consume less energy than conventional heating systems, so they lower energy demands.
• People are more comfortable at a lower ambient air temperature when Heatizon Products are in use. This means you can maintain the same level of comfort with a lower thermostat setting, saving energy and money.
• Heatizon uses zone heating, which means you can heat only the rooms you use, and turn it off in the rooms you don’t. Zone heating can produce energy savings of more than 20% compared to heating both occupied and unoccupied areas of your house.
• Heatizon Products produce zero emissions at the source—no odor, fumes, smoke, exhaust, or noise.
• Heatizon Products have solid state design, so parts don’t wear out. That means they have years of life, and don’t need replacement.
• Heatizon Products are made predominately of recyclable materials.

How does Heatizon fit into a LEED Project?

Heatizon Products that can benefit a LEED score are categorized as follows:

• Low Voltage Electric Floor Warming
• Low Voltage Electric Space Heating
• High Voltage Electric Floor Warming
• High Voltage Electric Space Heating

Snow Melting applications are not considered a “Green” technology but rather for safety, convenience, sustainability of materials for parking, driveway, walkway, and road applications.
Can products be LEED certified?

The intent of the LEED standard is to provide design guidelines and a third-party certification tool for green building. Products cannot be LEED certified; only buildings can be. However, many products can contribute to a project’s overall LEED score.
Can products help a project earn LEED points and credits?

Yes. While points or credits are not awarded specifically for using a particular product, many products offer features that can be factored into a project’s point and credit calculations. Such calculations can be based on qualities that relate to the criteria encompassed by the LEED rating system.
So how does a Heatizon System contribute to a LEED Rating?

There are many factors associated with different applications, they are broken down as follows:

• New Construction or Major Renovations
• Existing Buildings
• Commercial Interiors
• Core & Shell
• Schools
• Retail
• Healthcare
• Homes
• Neighborhood Development

For all Major Applications:

Several Categories are covered. In order to see if a Heatizon System will benefit the energy performance category a simulation will be done for the building energy consumption, this works in correlation with a heat loss calculation, efficiency etc. Green Power is introduced as an option when choosing utility usage, where will the power come from? Are there any choices or contracts to sign for the use of renewable energy such as hydro power or wind power generation.

Healthcare:

“Green hospitals seek to reduce use of and exposure to toxic chemicals and provide healthier environments.” – Adele Houghton, Project Manager, Green Guide for Health Care. “By employing green practices, whether incrementally or from the ground up, many hospitals are managing to lower energy bills, reduce waste and achieve healthier indoor air quality.”

Patients in green hospitals have greater emotional well-being, require less pain medication and other drugs, and have shorter hospital stays” – Rick Fedrizzi, President, CEO & Founding Chair, US Green Building Council.

It is also dully noted that studies have shown dramatic increases in the health, happiness, and productivity of people who live and work in green buildings. Providing safe and comfortable work places in high stress environments is vital to the health of the employees and patients and increases staff effectiveness and satisfaction, greatly reducing errors contributing to the quality of patient care. – Press Release:gghc.org – The Green Guide for Health Care.

Heatizon radiant products can help earn LEED points in the following categories:

Energy & Atmosphere

• EA Prerequisite 2 – contribute to acceptable minimum levels of energy efficiency
  • Optimize Energy Performance – EA Credit 1: 1-10pts

Material Resources

• Construction Waste Management – Heatizon Products are specifically designed to project specifications to minimize waste
• Local & Regional Materials – Using Heatizon for Projects within 500 miles of the production facility or regional distributors can contribute to points
  • MR Credit 5.1: 1 Point, MR Credit 5.2: 1 Point

Indoor Environmental Quality

• Minimum IAQ Performance – Heatizon elements generate low levels of heat without moving air or disturbing airborne particulates.
  • EQ Prerequisite 1
• Thermal Comfort – zoned, controlled heat requirements
  • EQ Credit 7.1: 1 point
• Construction IAQ Management Plan – no harmful chemicals or special handling of materials required
  • During Construction – EQ Credit 3.1: 1 point
  • Before Occupancy – EQ Credit 3.2: 1 point

Innovation & Design Process

• ID Credit 1: 1-4 points

The summer was a warm, wonderful time for most of us in the beehive State. We swam in our pools, skied behind our new boats, and basked in the plentiful sunshine. But, now that our last barbeque has probably been lit and the last summer softball trophy has been handed out, it’s time for Utahns to start thinking about the coming cold season. Like it or not, it’s true: winter is just around the corner with its usual clouds, snow, ice and chilling temperatures in tow.
Before you start packing your bags for Scottsdale, visualize this inviting scene: You and your family watching movies in the basement family room, the wife and kids barefoot and smiling.

You’re smiling, too, because, even with a winter storm raging outside, you know that your driveway and sidewalks are being automatically thawed and cleared of snow and the eaves freed of roof-damaging icicles and ice dams—even before they can form. “But, how can this be?” you might ask.

“Because,” offers Steve Bench, managing member of Heatizon Systems, “radiant heating systems are more efficient, uniform heat that is distributed evenly, because the heat radiates from the floor.” And that’s why the above family is so happy.

Bench says that snowmelt and interior floor heating systems have been around for many years and are becoming more popular in and outside of Utah. Heatizon, which has been in business for ten years, manufactures a complete line of low-voltage radiant heating products that keep driveways clear and toes warm even on the snowiest winter mornings. So, you don’t have to pile on the blankets and suffer with cold feet.

Radiant heat systems offer a handful of other one-uppers to the traditional heating systems—one being that radiant heat is more efficient than forced air systems (the kind that most Utahns currently use to suffer through most cold weather.)

For example, Bob Zubke recently remodeled his basement. His well intentioned neighbored had warned him that his current forced-air system wouldn’t be able to keep his basement sufficiently warm. They were experts—each ahd remodeled his basement and neither family was happy with the way heat was distributed. Cold feet, cold everybody were standard complaints

Bob remembered that a friend had told him of a system that would keep everybody worm from the feet up—even in the basement. With a little inquiring, he hooked up with his local Heatizon dealer. The rest is history.

“The Z Mesh has exceeded my expectations…I am pleased to say with the Z Mesh installed, my basement floor is warmer than my upstairs floors. It has made my basement floor the center of activities for this cold winter.”

It’s never too late to install a Heatizon system, according to Bench. “The retrofit ability of a Heatizon radiant heat system has increased greatly. It doesn’t matter how new or old a person’s home is, you can always add one of our systems,” he says.

Heatizon’s radiant heat systems use one of two products, Tuff Cable or Z-Mesh. Either of these can be installed in new construction or retrofitted to existing applications.

For interior applications, as well as under-shingle roof systems, Heatizon uses Z-Mesh, a bronze wire mesh that’s no thicker than the fabric in a screen door. It’s placed over an existing concrete floor or on top of a wood sub floor and can be covered with tile, carpet or wood flooring. In roofing systems, the mesh is installed underneath the non-conductive roof-covering material making it virtually invisible.

Exterior applications, such as melting snow on driveways or sidewalks, require the copper Tuff Cable. In an existing driveway or walkway, technicians cut thin, inch-deep channels that are 5 inches apart into the pavement, which is where the cable is laid and then closed with a sealant. In new construction, the cable is installed just before the concrete is poured. The Tuff Cable is also used under metal roofing material for invisible ice dam used under metal roofing material for invisible ice dam protection from snow and ice on the roof.

In what is probably the most recognizable local project involving Heatizon, TRAX had the Tuff Cable snow-melting system installed on all passenger-access ramps to keep the areas free of snow. One of their largest projects includes installing cables under nearly 20,000 square feet of sidewalks and stairs at the LDS Conference Center.

As far as snowmelt is concerned, Heatizon is “absolutely the best value on the plane,” according to Bench. “It’s far less expensive to operate and maintain than hydronic systems,” he says. Also, Heatizon’s products are solid-state and are not comprised of moving parts. Paired with its unique and lengthy 25-year warranty and its ETL Listing, a national testing laboratory, Heatizon systems are arguably the most reliable in the industry.

On the rare chance that Tuff Cable or Z-Mesh is damaged, problem-solving is easy. “Our products are easy to repair,” says Bench. “Both the Tuff Cable and the Z-Mesh can be soldered with a relatively simple process.” Heatizon systems also feature a self-diagnosing control box that will essentially “tell you what’s wrong with it,” according to Bench. “They require very little, if any, annual maintenance and they last for years,” he says.

Heatizon’s technology is unique because it uses low-voltage electricity, ranging from 8 to 30 volts AC with Z-Mesh and 8 to 62 volts AC with Tuff Cable. This eliminates many safety concerns. Unlike forced air, radiant heat doesn’t need to cycle constantly, making it more cost-effective. Homeowners can program the system as they see fit.

The cost? Like Bob Zubke, you should find that costs only “about $1.50/day to keep my basement floor at 72 degrees.”

And when it comes to being a friend of the environment, radiant heat is the kindlier option because no pollen, dust or other particles are circulated. This also makes the system more comfortable for those with allergies or asthma.

California’s Building Energy Standards, Title 24, Part 6 allows for the use of electrical radiant floor warming and electrical radiant space heating products whenever said products meet the definition of “supplemental heating.”

So what exactly is “supplemental heating?” According to the Building Energy Standards for the state of California “supplemental heating” is heating which is: (a) not the primary space conditioning system (defined as that system used in energy compliance analysis); and, (b) installed in an area that is also directly served by the primary space conditioning system. Of course common sense and the Building Energy Standards require that the primary space conditioning system have sufficient capacity to condition the entire building or home.

In other words, anytime the primary space conditioning system does not have sufficient capacity to condition the entire building or home, and/or the primary space conditioning system does not directly serve the space where the electrical radiant floor-warming or electrical radiant space heating product is to be installed, then said products are not considered “supplemental heating” and they must be included in the energy performance analysis to comply with the Building Energy Standards. As a result, the energy use of electrical floor warming and space heating products installed in areas such as bathrooms, that do not have supply vents from the primary space conditioning system, must be included in the energy performance standards compliance analysis.

The fact is that electric resistance space conditioning is difficult to justify as the primary space heater in California. The reason for this is that California uses source energy as the measurement for efficiency. As a result, even though electric products generally have energy efficiencies of 99 percent or greater, the efficiency of electric radiant floor warming and space heating products are reduced by the inefficiency of generating and delivering the electricity to the point of consumption.

The good news is Californians can enjoy the comfort and cleanliness of electric radiant floor warming and space heating anytime they have a primary system that has sufficient capacity to condition the entire space and the space is directly served by the primary system.

This healthy and eco-friendly heating system gains popularity as new technology reinvents an ancient practice.

Healthy Homes Are Important to Buyers

According to a 2007 builder survey by Professional Builder magazine, having healthy indoor air ranked second only to energy efficiency in importance to buyers. Eighty-three percent of the builders rated indoor air quality as “somewhat or very important” to their customers, according to the survey.

The Environmental Protection Agency lists poor indoor air quality as the fourth largest environmental threat to our country

According to the American Lung Association, there are an estimated 42.6 million Americans living with hay fever and/or asthma. Learning how to control a home’s environment to reduce allergen levels is important for managing allergies and asthma. Individuals who suffer from asthma, or have other respiratory illness may potentially be at a greater risk for health complications associated with poor air quality in their homes.

Radiant Heat Improves Indoor Environments

An argument can be made for improved indoor air quality in houses with radiant-floor heat. Compared with a conventional forced-air distribution system, there is likely to be less dust circulated around the house. And unlike electric baseboard or forced-air heat, there will be no surfaces hot enough to burn dust particles-which could introduce volatile chemicals or toxic particulates into house air (even passing through filters). This concern would be greatest for people with acute chemical sensitivities. In fact, veteran builder Max Strickland, of Burkholder Construction in Travers City, Michigan, first became interested in radiant-floor heating several years ago after his wife became chemically sensitive. He’s worried about “frying the air” with conventional heating systems and feels that conventional filters on forced-air systems are not effective. Strickland went on to build an American Lung Association (ALA) Health House in Travers City three years ago, and he now incorporates radiant-floor heating into all of his homes (typically 4 to 6 high-end custom houses per year).

Steve Haldi, a regular contributor for Expert Village.com agrees, and maintains that many indoor air quality problems can be resolved with radiant heating technologies. “There is a lot of emphasis nowadays on indoor air quality — dust and allergens and dust mites. With radiant heating and cooling, there is normally no duct work and no air blowing allergens around. It just makes sense that if you do not have those kinds of things blowing around in your air; your indoor air quality is going to be better. When my wife and I moved into the house where we are in now, in 2002, we had been living in a rental while we built. It was a forced air system that we hated. It cost twice as much to run per month in the winter. She had to dust every other day. When we moved into the new house, she only had to dust once or twice a month. When we were living in the rental, we had to buy a humidifier. It was two five-gallon tanks and I had to fill it twice a week. When we moved into the house with radiant heat, it was kind of weird in that I only have to fill it once a month, which just means that the humidity in a house with radiant heat stays a lot more constant than the house with forced air. It’s one of those funny things where you talk about humidity and why people get so dried out in the winter when the heating system runs. It’s heating up so high that it’s taking all the moisture out of the air. In a radiant system, you don’t have that, which probably helps a lot on the allergen side of things; if your humidity in your own house is more constant and more humid, it’s just easier to breath.”

In addition to reducing the dust flying around in you home and keeping the humidity level where Mother Nature intended it to be, some radiant heating technologies do not require exhaust or fresh air venting, routine maintenance nor more than one energy source. Low Voltage Electric radiant heating products, such as Heatizon Systems Tuff Cable or ZMesh systems, offer the added benefits of being “Green” since they are nearly 100% efficient, made of nearly all recyclable materials and create no exhaust.

by Nicole Sherwood

Are you looking to upgrade rooms, make additions, or delve into new construction? Then heat it up with a Heatizon System product. The low voltage electric radiant heat products and line voltage heating systems are ideal for renovations, remodeling, and new construction.

Many wonder what separates Heatizon Systems from the rest. Heatizon Systems will drastically improve the heating in a home, office, or building. The heating and snow melting products are ideal for anyone who wants to improve his or her safety, is striving for comfort, and is in the market for versatile products. In addition, Heatizon heating elements are thin, flexible and extremely accommodating.

Heatizon Systems technologically advanced products are great for room additions, sunrooms, basements, kitchens, and bathrooms. We manufacture safe, consistent, and high quality products. The flexibility and diverse product options help to fulfill anyone’s heating needs. For instance, Heatizon products can be retrofit into existing concrete or asphalt or into joist spaces in an unfinished area.

Do you need permanent heating solutions to help with winter weather troubles? A Heatizon Melting System is perfect for driveways, walkways, stairs, and ramps. The System will automatically turn on once the snow begins falling and then turn off when the surface is dry leading to consistent and stunning results.

Heatizon’s Radiant Roof Snow Melt and Deicing System is patented and designed to be installed under any roof covering material including metal, composite and asphalt, fiberglass, membrane, shake and others. The owner is able to avoid messy looking roofs and instead is left with a rich and ravish looking roof that eliminates icicles, ice dams, and snow build up.

Our main goal is to make sure that every purchaser of any Heatizon Product is satisfied and pleased with our services and products. Feel free to give us a call to receive a fee consultation with a Heatizon dealer or visit our website at www.heatizon.com. Let our experienced professionals help you with your heating needs.

Published Fall 2008 by Hoyt Corbett featured in Radiant Living Magazine

Electric radiant systems can provide an effective solution for roof deicing and snow melt. A recent example is the system installed at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Stake Center in Park City, Utah. The project won first place in the snow/ice melting category of the RPA 2007 System Showcase. WarmQuest, a distributor/contractor for Heatizon Systems, managed the project. The church’s roof utilized metal in the valleys; Heatizon Tuff Cable in a Heatsink Kit were used for those areas. A product called ZMesh was installed under composite shingles approximately eight feet up the roof. Both products were installed on top of ice and water shields. Ther could have been installed directly on top of the sub-roof, but the ice and water shields were already in place. After the heating elements were installed, they were covered with yet another ice and water shield before the valley metal and composite shingles were installed.

The system is activated by an aerial-mounted temperature/moisture sensor and an independent manual override for each of the 10 zones. The sensor is wired to a Heatizon Systems M329 Selector which turns each zone on in sequential order so the primary power source is not overloaded – this selector also provides manual override to turn one or more zones on.

“Aesthetics, longvevity and performance were the church’s primary objectives when selecting the appropriate way to melt the snow and ice off the roof.” says Mike Bench, manager, WarmQuest. “All three goals were met.” Importantly, the roof is protected from ice dams and icicles, and provides safety for the pedestrians below.

Please visit this link Radiant Living FA08 to read the entire issue of Fall 2008 Radiant Living Magazine.

A couple of years ago Warmzone Management LLC (“Warmzone”), an internet marketer of some Radiant Heating and Snow Melting Products and former distributor of Heatizon Systems ZMesh Roof Snow and Ice Melting Products, discovered that competing against Heatizon Systems award winning Radiant Heating products was difficult. Unfortunately, rather than accepting the challenges inherent in a competitive marketplace, Warmzone decided to attempt to fool its potential customers with an article titled the “Myths of Low Voltage Verses Line Voltage Radiant Systems” November 6, 2008, By Warmzone. Normally, Heatizon Systems does not respond to negative advertising and marketing campaigns and, as a result, we have not responded to Warmzone’s article until now. Heatizon Systems decided to make an exception in this case because of the amount of misinformation contained in Warmzone’s article and we chose to do it now because, as one of our customers recently pointed out, it is irresponsible for Heatizon Systems to allow our past and prospective customers to be exposed and possibly influenced or confused by the non-factual misinformation contained therein.

Warmzone’s “Myth 1: Low voltage radiant systems are safer than line voltage.”

Fact 1:

Safe products are easy to identify by simply making certain that they are Listed to UL Standards or Certified to CSA Standards by a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory like Intertek/ETL, UL, CSA, and others. Both low voltage and high voltage systems can be safe. Low voltage products, like Heatizon Systems’ ZMesh, Tuff Cable, and Floorizwarm, incorporate computer technology designed to constantly monitor and shut the systems down in the event the current changes. On the other hand, high or line voltage products, like Heatizon Systems’ Heatwave, GutterMelt, Hott-Wire, Radiant Trak and Cozy Heat use circuit breaker safeties that shut the systems down in the event the insulation between the current carrying conductors and the grounding shield becomes compromised. Warmzone states: “The real question we should be asking is how durable is the cable against damage and how well is the cable insulated.” Of course we cannot speak for other manufacturer’s products, but Heatizon Systems’ Cozy Heat, Floorizwarm, Hott-Wire, and Tuff Cable products are all tested and Listed by a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory, have been successfully installed in/under asphalt and concrete, under pavers and into thin-set in thousands of projects and have been serving customers heating and snow melting needs since 1979.

Warmzone states: “Some low voltage heating wires are NOT designed for embedment. These have only a thin layer of plastic and a heating element that is THHN/THWN wire. This wire is intended for interior use NOT in concrete, asphalt, or under pavers.” Don’t be fooled by Warmzone’s misleading and inaccurate statements. All low or high voltage heating element have protection insulators made of materials that look like plastic but actually they are PVC, or HDPD. Tuff Cable has been melting snow, warming floors and heating spaces for over 30 years, so don’t tell it or the happy customers that it serves, that it wasn’t designed to be embedded. Heatizon Systems Cozy Heat, Floorizwarm, Hott-Wire and Tuff Cable heating elements are all listed, come with industry leading warranties and have been tried and proven for many years. Just goes to show you how little some companies selling Radiant Heat and Snow Melt products really know about Radiant Heating Products.

The fact of the matter is that both low voltage and high voltage snow melt and floor heating cables can be damaged and both are designed to be embedded into a material that will draw the heat away from them resulting in a nice even heat across the surface. In the event either low voltage or high voltage cables are damaged both can be repaired. Low voltage cables tend to be much easier to repair because they do not have a shield to contend with.

Warmzone’s “Myth 2: Low voltage radiant systems cost less to run than a line voltage system.”

Fact 2:

To the extent low and high voltage electric Radiant Heating and Snow Melting cables are designed to deliver the same, and the correct, amount of energy to the surface and, provided they are activated in an identical environmentally friendly fashion, the energy consumption is identical. Heatizon Systems’ low voltage products typically are energy misers because they are easy to customize to deliver the perfect amount of heating or melting energy to the floor or slab and because their output can be changed by the length of the heating element, the spacing between runs of the heating element and the size and tap of the transformer. All line or high voltage electric Radiant Heating and Snow Melting cables, except for Gutter Melt SR, Hott-Wire SR and other Self Regulating Cables, are designed to deliver a fixed wattage per linear foot so the energy per square foot delivered to the floor or slab can only be customized by increasing or decreasing the space between the lengths of cable.

Self Regulating Cables, like Heatizon Systems’ GutterMelt SR and Hott-Wire SR Heating Cable, are designed to deliver fixed wattage at a certain temperature within a medium such as air, ice water, concrete, etc. The watts per square foot delivered by Self Regulating Heating Cables can be adjusted by changing the spacing between the lengths of cable in a manner similar to other line or high voltage products.

In many high voltage applications the dedicated electrical service and thus the energy consumption is greater than it needs to be because the project is designed around the output of the heating cable instead of heating cable being designed to serve the ASHRAE requirements of the project. Heatizon Systems and its Distributors are trained to design and help you select the low or high voltage products that will best satisfy the needs of your project and keep the energy consumption to a minimum.

Warmzone’s “Myth 3: Low voltage systems are easier to repair. Both line voltage and low voltage cables are easy to repair. Simply remove the bad section of cable, add in a splice kit, cover it back over with whatever surface it’s in, and the system should operate as normal.”

Fact 3:

Warmzone is correct in that both low and high or line voltage cables are repairable. However, the presence of a ground shield on all high voltage cables makes repairing them more time consuming and difficult.

Warmzone states: “Low voltage systems are NOT more efficient.” Properly designed and installed low voltage and high voltage electric Radiant Heating and Snow Melting products are nearly 100 percent efficient. As a result of the high efficiency of these products, correct design and installation becomes essential in order to minimize energy consumption and costs. Heatizon Systems and its distributors design all of Radiant Snow Melting projects in North America to the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (“ASHRAE”) Standards and all Radiant Space Heating projects are designed to the requirements of an objective Heat Load or Heat Loss Calculation. Heatizon Systems provides Design and Installation Instructions with all of its products and calls for them to be installed per the National Electric Code (“NEC”) in the U.S. and the Canadian Electric Code (“CEC”) in Canada.

Warmzone “Myth 4: Low voltage systems offer a better warranty.”

Fact 4:

Heatizon Systems backs its products with, no gimmick, straight forward, and industry leading warranties. We challenge you to find a better warranty to cover your investment. Unfortunately some of Heatizon Systems competitors prefer gimmicks like: “one year extendable to 10 years” if you do this, that and the other, or “covers 5 times the cost of the cable” if you return it to a foreign country for verification that it is defective. Once again Heatizon Systems backs its products with, no gimmick, straight forward, and industry leading warranties. If you prefer one with gimmicks be sure and call us once you discover you need a Hott-Wire or Tuff Cable retro-fit to replace our competitors failed cable or deny your warranty claim.

Warmzone states: “Some low voltage warranties are very deceiving. They boast a 25 year warranty period, but when examined closer it is found that the 25 year warranty only covers the heating wire.” What is the point of this very interesting statement? Is Warmzone, an internet marketing company and not a manufacturer, saying that the manufacturers of the line voltage products that it markets warrant more than the heating cables? This I need to see with my own eyes and you should too!

Warmzone’s “Myth 5: Both systems provide sufficient heat.”

Fact 5:

Properly designed low voltage and line voltage products provide sufficient heat to satisfy ASHRAE’s design requirements for snow melting and the Heat Load requirements for building heating.

Warmzone’s “Myth 6: Low voltage systems in most snow melting applications do not meet the ASHRAE standards.”

Fact 6:

Unfortunately, it appears that Warmzone does not understand Heatizon Systems’ low voltage technologies and that it either has not read or does not understand the portion of ASHRAE Handbook that deals with “Snow Melting and Freeze Protection”. In the event Warmzone understood Heatizon Systems’ Tuff Cable Snow Melt Products it would know that it can deliver up to 24 watts per square foot when installed on 6 inch centers, up to 36 watts per square foot on 4 inch centers and up to 48 watts per square foot on 3 inch centers.

ASHRAE is a very valuable design tool which indicates the watts/Btu needed to melt snow in certain geographic locations and suggests maximum spacing between heating cables. ASHRAE does not differentiate between low and high voltage cables. Heatizon Systems offers a variety of low voltage and high or line voltage Radiant Snow Melting Cables to its discriminating customers.

Warmzone’s “Myth 7: Both systems are UL Approved.”

Fact 7:

Heatizon Systems low and high voltage Radiant Snow Melt, Radiant Floor Warming, Radiant Roof Snow and Ice Melting and Radiant Space Heating products are all Listed to UL Standards and Certified to CSA Standards by Intertek a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory equivalent to UL and CSA. Each of Heatizon Systems’ Authorizations to Mark is available for download at www.Heatizon.com. Heatizon Systems makes its Authorizations to Mark easily available and it encourages other manufacturers to do as well.

Warmzone states: “Make sure to do thorough research before purchasing any products, which means checking for proper safety certifications and standards, and you won’t regret it.” Heatizon Systems agrees that you will never regret purchasing one of its line and low voltage products because all of them have earned the right to be listed to UL Standards and Certified to CSA Standards.

Warmzone: An Internet Marketing Company – Not a Manufacturer

These companies do not make any of the products that they sell and the revolving portfolio of products that they carry make it imperative that their prospective customers fully understand why the suggested product is the best solution for their needs and exactly who stands behind the warranty. By failing to be an informed customer you may be satisfying the profit and other objectives of the supplier rather than the exacting needs and requirements of your project. As a buyer, you do not want your purchase decision to be based on recommendations, and/or suggestions motivated more by profit margin than by the long term satisfaction of you, the customer.

Heatizon Systems has nothing more important to do than making certain that its customers are happy with its products for the long term. As a result, Heatizon Systems encourages its prospective customers to make well informed purchase decisions when evaluating which low or high voltage Radiant Heating and Snow Melt product will best satisfy their needs. In an effort to facilitate prospective customer education Heatizon Systems provides complete information on its website www.Heatizon.com, and has a talented and experienced team waiting to help you answer questions at (801) 293-1232.

Heatizon Systems is proud of its fine low and line voltage products that are sold under the following names: Cozy Heat, Floorizwarm, GutterMelt, Heatwave, Hott-Wire, In-Pipe, Out Pipe, Inivizmelt, Radiant Trak, Tuff Cable, Tuff Cable in a Heatsink Kit, and ZMesh.