Warm up faster

Inventor Keith Rimmer is launching Thermocill at the FIT Show, a simple, easy-to-install, cost-saving way of redirecting heat in a room.

Thermocill is a device that is placed under the window board and above the radiator in a room. The convection from the radiator helps create a wall of warm air immediately in front of the internal side of the glazed window preventing heat loss and cold air entering the room.

Keith has teamed up with Brian Lavery of Camden Group, which will have the sole rights to manufacture Thermocill in the UK and will sell licence agreements to chosen suppliers.

Thermocill can be fitted retrospectively in any existing home or to new builds.

Keith said: “Thermocill is manufactured from plastic waste including bottle tops and doesn’t use any form of energy itself. It is a truly sustainable environmental product with carbon savings all the way.

“It can help you warm up a room quicker than normal providing thermal comfort which means you use less energy. The reason for this is that the re-directed heat targets the cold spot in the room being the double glazed unit.”

Thermocill is currently being analysed by experts at Salford University and the Carbon Trust who he believes will confirm his own findings.

“When designing a heating system the major factor was always the size of the window,” Keith said. “Overcoming this comes at a cost with larger heating appliances and emitters being needed. But the cold spot in the room is still there. Thermocill helps to address this.”

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