Thermique Technologies' heaters are invisible, efficient and safe. We are talking about heated-glass for your office or home.
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There are many devices that you may use to warm your office or home, but it's difficult to find something that will not destroy a carefully decorated interior. Every heating device has its shape and that shape isn't always a nice one. Add to that a colour and you may have a serious problem.
Thermique Technologies, a subsidiary of Engineered Glass Products, is the Chicago-based company that works on a very interesting concept: heating glass. That concept is simple, yet brilliant. Thermique Technologies' heated-glass has copper buss bars that transmits electricity to a conductive coating that is applied to the glass. That coating is transparent so you get a pieces of glass, no different than any other, yet one that emits heat. The number of possible applications of heated-glass are endless.
Thermique Technologies make towel warmers and architectural heated-glass. Heated-glass towel warmers replaces tubes, racks, and other strange shapes with a single pane of glass. It's very elegant, it can me melted with any interior, there's no leaking or rusting or unpleasant odours. It is very refreshing to have a bathroom without tubes, just heat that comes from virtualy nowhere.
That's nice but I find another product even more interesting. Heated-glass windows are something that we've been waiting for since the invention of glass. Imagine a windows that heat your office, never frost up or fog over, always give the right temperature and save energy. To the best of my knowledge, Thermique Technologies is the only company that got an approval to use heated-glass on buildings. Heated-window warms itself up to 100 °F (we are talking here about the USA, so I use their units), electrical input can be automated, and yet there are no visible wires. That way, you have a nice view from your office high above, and that view heats your interior.
ontrol units are very important pieces of Thermique Technologies' system. Each controller controls ona pane of heated-glass and regulate power distributed to the window. The fact that every controller is separate from the others means that sophisticated distribution of heat is possible. While one window is exposed to the Sun, and thus turned off, the other may be in shade, and thus turned on. The controller limits the glass temperature to 100° F, so the overheating is impossible, so you won't be burned if you touch the heated glass. And if the glass breaks, the controller will shut down. And it may trigger the alarm to signal that somebody is trying to enter the office through a broken windows, which only can be a criminal. So, Thermique Technologies' heaters are invisible, efficient and safe. Go and see their website. ■