Warmboard won the Best HVAC System with Matt Franklin, AIA; Lead designer, Mountain Architects saying: “This product is great. It saves energy consumption, is extremely comfortable, and invisible from a visual standpoint, in the home.”

Charles Bevier, Owner, Bevier Creative; Former Editor, Building Systems Magazine said: “I have seen this product and have felt its performance after installation. I must say I am a big fan.”

Winners were chosen by a distinguished panel and were judged on their innovation, effect on the environment, seamless integration, and enhancement to the home. The People’s Choice award was determined by the voting public.

To see the complete list of Winners click here.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WARMBOARD WINS TWICE AT THE 2009 GREEN LOG HOME AWARDS™

(APTOS, CA) June 2009 – Warmboard is honored to win the Best HVAC System and People’s Choice awards at the 2009 GREEN LOG Home Awards.

Warmboard won the Best HVAC System with Matt Franklin, AIA; Lead designer, Mountain Architects saying: “This product is great. It saves energy consumption, is extremely comfortable, and invisible from a visual standpoint, in the home.” Charles Bevier, Owner, Bevier Creative; Former Editor, Building Systems Magazine said: “I have seen this product and have felt its performance after installation. I must say I am a big fan.”

Winners were chosen by a distinguished panel and were judged on their innovation, effect on the environment, seamless integration, and enhancement to the home. The People’s Choice award was determined by the voting public.

Tony Gasparich, President and COO of Warmboard Inc. said, “It is a privilege to be chosen for these awards again by both the public and the judging panel. There is tremendous potential to educate homeowners and trades people about the sustainable products and building practices that are available today.”

###

About Warmboard Radiant Subfloor:
Warmboard is a patented technology invented by Terry Alsberg in the early 90s, and has redefined radiant flooring with its design simplicity. Warmboard is a whole home floor heating solution that lowers the cost of heating a home while making occupants more comfortable than other radiant floor systems. The product is currently marketed to architects, contractors and homeowners. Warmboard is available throughout North America, and has shipped its product into Canada, Europe, the United Kingdom, Japan and Antarctica. For more information about Warmboard please visit www.warmboard.com.

About the GREEN LOG Home Awards™:
The GREEN LOG Home Awards were created by PrecisionCraft Log Homes and the award-winning architectural firm of Mountain Architects to help find green building solutions for our clients and other home builders. We realized that locating innovative and useful green building solutions could be difficult, and looked for a creative way to discover these products and present them to the public. Thus the GREEN LOG Home Awards were born.

Warmboard Wins Twice at the 2009 GREEN LOG Awards PDF

The Warmboard panel portion of a radiant system varies in cost based on quantity. To precisely determine the needs of your project our design team will create a detailed panel and tubing layout. Prior to this design work, your Warmboard project manager can help you with rough budgets based on a review of your plans, our experience with labor rates in your area and the likely cost of the components needed to heat and circulate water. With completed designs, we can quote exact panel costs plus freight and sales tax where applicable.

“VIDEO - Warmboard Helps Homeowners Stay Warm”
Good Day Oregon, Home & Garden - KPTV Fox 12, February 2008

“Warmboard Selected As An Overall Winner”
Radiant & Hydronics Newsletter, June 26, 2008 - page 5

“Radiant Floor Heat”
Tennessee Log and Timber Homes Newsletter, March 2008

“Wide Planks & Radiant Heat - page 14″
Carlisle Wide Plank Flooring Newsletter, Winter 2008

“Homes That Are Both Green and Pragmatic”
The Globe&Mail.com, April 24, 2009

“Solar Decathlon Team Showcases Design For Innovative Home”
Iowa State Daily.com, February 1, 2009

“Modular Homes, The Standard in 2025”
ZN Custom Building.com, January 26, 2009

“Green Goes Big”
Going Green Product Guide, January 9, 2009

“Hot Properties: Less than 700 gallons of propane heat 4,000 square feet”
Union Leader.com, November 1, 2008

“A Visit From Warmboard at the Log & Timber Show”
Surface - Carlisle Wide Plank Flooring Blog, October 28, 2008

“Eye on Design: Ideas from West Coast Green”
HousePlans.com, September 26, 2008

“The Big Green Barn: One Man’s Personal Journey to Salvage a 1910 Barn”
beYOU.tv the magazine, September 22, 2008

“Method Homes Completes Its First Prefab Cabin”
Contemporist.com, July 24, 2008

“Warmboard Contributes to Smart Home Exhibit”
Radiant & Hydronics.com, June 1, 2008

“Model House Spreads Green Building Message”
ContractorMag.com, April 2008

“Earth Week Update - A Health House Grows in Brooklyn”
93Nevins.com, April 25, 2008

“Method Homes Debuts Modern, Green Prefab Design”
JetsonGreen.com, April 24, 2008

“Green Building: Building Systems”
Lowes for Pros.com, April 2008

“VIDEO - Warmboard Radiant Subfloor at 2008 IBS”
Professional Builder, Show Village 2008

“Radiant Heating: Is It For You?”
Low Impact Living.com, March 5, 2008

“PODCAST - Radiant Heat Flooring with Warmboard”
Green Living Ideas.com, December 10, 2007

“Md. Decathlon students conquer adversity”
Contractor Mag.com, December 1, 2007

“Anatomy of a Brownstone: The Health House”
Reclaimed Home.com, December 4, 2007

“Top 10 Residential Products from GreenBuild”
Low Impact Living.com, November 26, 2007

“Geothermal, radiant a congenial pair”
Contractor Mag.com, October 2007

“Warmboard selected by five Solar Decathlon teams”
Refrige.com, October 22, 2007

“A Decisive Bathroom Remodel”
Fine Homebuilding.com, October 10, 2007

“Solar Decathlon Teams Using Warmboard”
JetsonGreen.com, September 13, 2007

“Energy geeks compete for coolest solar home”
ZDNet News, August 10, 2007

“Radiant Heating”
Qualifed Remodeler Magazine, May 2009

“Slab-Free Radiant Floors”
Green Builder Magazine, October 2008

“Hot Foot”
Timber Home Living, December 2008

“A Brick Rehab Meets LEED’s Highest Standards”
Fine Homebuilding, October/November, 2008

“Radiant Floor Heating”
Log Home Living, 2009 Annual Buyer’s Guide

“Smart Home Exhibit Features Warmboard”
Radiant Panel Report, June 2008

“2008 Radiant Heating Report: Harnessing the Energy of the Sun and the Earth”
Plumbing & Mechanical, June 2, 2008

“‘Smart Home’ Shown in Museum”
Santa Cruz Sentinel, May 19, 2008

“The Mainstream GreenHome”
Smart HomeOwner, Jan/Feb 2008

“The Green House as Classroom”
The New York Times, December 20, 2007

“Top 100 Products of 2007″
Residential Design & Build, Nov/Dec, 2007

“Eight Products You Should Check Out”
Live Better, October 2007

“Ride the Radiant Heat Wave”
Residential Design & Build, October 2007

“Warmboard Offers Subfloor Approach to Radiant Heating”
Custom Builder, September 2007

“Warmboard wins competition spot”
Santa Cruz Sentinel, September 25, 2007

“University of Texas at Austin, Solar Decathlon BloomHouse”
(flip to slides 3 & 4 for Warmboard)
Austin American-Statesman, September 12, 2007

“Preparing for green war in Washington”
The Boston Globe, August 5, 2007

“The Natural Home 2007 Show House”
Natural Home, 2007

“Cosy Subfloors”
The Toronto Sun, December 15&17, 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WARMBOARD RADIANT SUBFLOOR NOW OFFERS PANELS WITH FSC-CERTIFIED PLYWOOD 

(APTOS, CA) March 2009 – A new product is now offered by Warmboard Radiant Subfloor, adding value and sustainability to Warmboard radiant floor panels. Buyers may now choose to have their Warmboard panels made with Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified plywood.

The Forest Stewardship Council formed in 1993 by a group of loggers, foresters, environmentalists, and sociologists who sought to change the dialogue surrounding the practice of sustainable forests. FSC sets forth the principles and standards for forest management, and has created the world’s strongest system for guiding forest management. Fifty seven countries now apply these standards around the world.

Warmboard, already providing energy efficiencies with its low mass, aluminum, and the ability to operate at the lowest water temperatures, is excited about the new offering. “The industry is moving toward more sustainable business practices and Warmboard is pleased to participate,” says Tony Gasparich, President of Warmboard, “lessening our influence on the environment at large allows Warmboard owners to share Warmboard benefits with the global community.”

Invented by Terry Alsberg in the early 90s, Warmboard is a patented technology that combines 1 1/8” thickplywood, or 1 1/8” FSC certified plywood, with a full aluminum surface adhered to the top of the plywood, even within the tubing grooves and along the loop turns. It is a radiant panel and subfloor combo that is easy to install, reduces labor and material needs, and quickly provides comfortable heat using little energy.

Many contractors and architects take interest in Warmboard because of these benefits. Many homeowners also request Warmboard for their home heat because they know it will give them comfort and save on their energy bills. Now, each has another reason to choose Warmboard; FSC certified Warmboard.

Coupled with its sustainable attributes, FSC certified Warmboard panels will allow as many as 11 Leadership in Energy and Environment (LEED) points within U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED certification process, as part of the FSC certified framing package. As a separate component, these FSC panels will earn half of one LEED point. Warmboard with FSC certified plywood is now available on demand.

###

For more information, please contact:

Meg Novack
Marketing Director
Warmboard Radiant Subfloor
831-685-9276 ext. 112
mnovack@warmboard.com

Warmboard Radiant Subfloor Now Offers Panels With FSC-Certified Plywood PDF

Unlike conventional forced air heating systems that heat an entire home, Warmboard is the ultimate comfort heating system and it’s practical. In the layout design of the Warmboard radiant sub floor, several zones are created to keep heat loss and waste to a minimum. In having various zones in a home, one area may be heated while others, by choice, are not.  Click here to read more…

The zones vary depending on personal choice. In general, zones may consist of the main living areas such as the family room, kitchen and common bathrooms. Sleeping quarters, office space and other less frequented are often on a separate zone. In fact, some homeowners prefer to have each room on a separate zone thus creating total control over the energy usage.

Another major advantage of using this system is the way the heat warms the lower to mid part of the room, reducing ceiling temperatures and ultimately saving energy.

According to the California Energy Commission, Americans use twice as much energy as necessary to heat their homes. These forced air systems, mainly heat the ceiling surface area, not the living spaces where the people are.
Unlike other radiant floor systems that take hours to reach a desired temperature, the Warmboard heating system, heats and cools down specific areas practically on demand.

Warmboard radiant panels have the ability to react quickly to temperature changes due to a highly conductive, thick aluminum that is bonded to 1 ⅛ inch plywood sub floor. Modular channels are routed in the plywood and inlaid with PEX tubing. This patented design creates an efficient radiant floor, without hot spots, or inconsistent heating temperatures.

In terms of water consumption, Warmboard is a minimalist. As stated by the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Census Bureau, we live in a world housing a population exceeding 6.6 billion people, where the average person uses 80-100 gallons of water per day.

Warmboard and the heating system components require very little water to operate and the water will heat your home at very low temperatures. Lower water temperatures means a lower energy bill of 20 to 40 percent. Click here to read more…

According to Jennifer McDonald, director of design at Warmboard, an average home of 2,500 sq ft with Warmboard radiant sub floors and tubing installed will contain approximately 25 to 30 gallons of water for the life of the home that never needs to be drained and replaced.

Additionally, Warmboard recognizes that construction material waste can add up during new construction and remodels. To address this concern, highly educated and trained employees design the layout of the Warmboard to provide an exact number of the panels needed. This precision helps the person install the flooring with ease as well as reducing construction material waste and decreasing the expenditures.

Furthermore, Warmboard requires lower temperatures of water to heat a space compared to other similar products. Because of this, Warmboard pairs beautifully with solar panels and geo thermal pumps. The combination of these two components creates a more efficient, money saving, comfortable place to live and work.

Warmboards Director of Technical Services, Paul Izenstark said, “The combination of Warmboard and solar energy is an ideal interface because it is easier to produce water temperatures of 100_ F than 120_ F.” He adds, “We live in a time where heat sources in our life time will change to renewable resources. Warmboard has the capability to sustain the change, from non-renewable heat resources to alternative ones”

Lower water temperatures means a lower energy bill of 20 to 40 percent. No longer is Warmboard a modern luxury just for the home enthusiast, but it is a product that is sustainable in terms of energy efficiency and low impact on the world’s resources. As design professional, Ken Pieper said, “It just makes sense.”

Of course it does.