What is ThermaCote?
ThermaCote® is a high-performance ceramic insulating coating/weather barrier coating that offers superior corrosion protection for commercial, residential, exterior, and interior applications. The advanced ceramic technology conserves energy, looks just like flat latex paint when dry, and has ultra-low VOCs at 5.3 G/L. ThermaCote® spray-applied weather barrier coating is Certified Green to California’s standard (DHS 01350) for indoor air quality in classrooms and offices, a qualified product, and is also a CRRC (Cool Roof Rating Council) “Rated” product. With built-in corrosion protection, ThermaCote® is the perfect primer or topcoat on new or existing sheetrock, wood, glass, plastic, concrete, or steel projects, and helps seal the envelope of any structure. A UL® Classified product with a 0-Flame spread, ThermaCote® is the professional’s choice.
Featured Project
Lyeffion Elementary School, Alabama
Lyeffion Elemetary School’s classroom #12 received an application of ThermaCote® ceramic coating, and an adjacent classroom #11 was left uncoated. Meter readings were recorded on three separate occasions in both classrooms. Power usage in the last period of approx 22.5 hours revealed a 40% KWH usage reduction in the coated room. Latest readings show the […]
Featured Project
Gateway Plaza, Houston
ThermaCote® ceramic coating was applied to the roof of 3800 Gateway Plaza. The application is 30 mils to the roof surface. The roof surface continues to be no more than the ambient temperature when the performance was measured. At one point the surface temperature of a portion that was not coated reached 150˚F, while just […]
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Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport
ThermaCote® in reducing the heat load on passengers boarding bridges which was conducted at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport from July 12 to August 15 2013. Passenger boarding bridges, air bridges, skyways and jet ways are not directly air conditioned. During boarding and disembarking, air is exchanged between both the aircraft and the bridge, and conditioning the […]
Accreditations, Ratings, & Compliance
ThermaCote® is proud of the extensive certifications and accreditations that have been completed during our long history of product development and testing. Our ongoing mission is to continue to enhance and perfect our weather barrier coatings and provide you with the highest quality products available.
ThermaCote is MAS Certified Green
About MAS Certified Green
Materials Analytical Services, LLC provides independent emissions product testing and certification of a wide variety of residential and commercial building products through our nationally recognized MAS Certified Green™ emissions testing program, using small, intermediate and large test chambers.
MAS scientists have worked closely with regulators and industry organizations to ensure that consumers’ indoor air quality concerns are addressed. Helping to meet the growing demand for “green building” products, MAS provides independent testing programs for IAQ validation.
Only products that pass our stringent tests can display the MAS Certified Green logo. This logo is your assurance the product is certified for low VOC emissions.
ThermaCote is UL Certified
About UL Product Certification
As a safety science company with more than a century of proven experience and expertise, UL is the premier resource for compliance validation, certification, testing, inspection auditing, and knowledge solutions worldwide. UL’s certification Mark is one of our greatest assets, and only those products that have earned UL certification are eligible to use our Marks. Only UL can issue our valued certifications and the Marks associated with them.
A UL Classification Mark means that UL has certified a product for one or more of the following: (1) specific risk only, such as casualty, fire, or shock; (2) performance under specified conditions; (3) compliance with regulatory codes; (4) compliance with other standards, including international or regional standards; or (5) other conditions UL may consider desirable.
ThermaCote is CRRC Rated Product
About CRRC Product Ratings
The CRRC is incorporated as a non-profit educational organization to implement and communicate an accurate radiative energy performance rating systems for roof surfaces, support research, and serve as an educational resource for information on roofing.
Participation in the CRRC Product Rating Program is separate and distinct from CRRC Membership. The CRRC administers a Rating Program in which companies can label roof surface products with radiative property values. The CRRC does not set a minimum definition for “cool”, the CRRC simply lists the measured radiative property values on our Directory.
About CRRC Membership
The CRRC is incorporated as a non-profit educational organization to implement and communicate an accurate radiative energy performance rating systems for roof surfaces, support research, and serve as an educational resource for information on roofing.
At the core of the CRRC is its Product Rating Program, in which roofing manufacturers can label various roof surface products with radiative property values rated under a strict program administered by the CRRC. Code bodies, architects, building owners and specifiers can rely on the rating information provided in the CRRC Rated Products Directory. ThermaCote is a CRRC Rated Product, and our rating information can be found under the “CRRC Rated Product” logo.
What is a “cool roof?”
A cool roof is one that strongly reflects sunlight and also cools itself by efficiently emitting radiation to its surroundings. The roof literally stays cooler and reduces the amount of heat conducted to the building below. If a builder does not have air conditioning, this keeps the building cooler and a more constant temperature. If a building has air conditioning, the equipment does not have to work as hard. Imagine wearing a white or a black T-shirt on a hot day. By wearing the white T-shirt you will remain cooler than if you wore a black T-shirt because it reflects more sunlight and absorbs less heat. Cool roofs like white T-shirts, keep the internal temperature of the building lower. However, a cool roof need not be white. There are many “cool color” products that use darker-colored pigments that are highly reflective in the near-infrared (non-visible) portion of the solar spectrum. Because a white roof strongly reflects both visible and near-infrared sunlight, a white roof will typically be cooler than a cool-colored roof.
The two basic characteristics that determine the “coolness” of a roof are solar reflectance (SR) and thermal emittance (TE). Both properties are rated on a scale from 0 to 1, where 1 is the most reflective or emissive. The CRRC measures these two properties for roofing products, both for the product’s initial values and after three years of outdoor exposure. The CRRC publishes the results on the online Rated Products Directory.
ThermaCote and the U.S. Green Building Council
About U.S. Green Building Council Ratings
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and its community are changing the way buildings and communities are designed, built, and operated. We believe in better buildings; places that complement our environment and enhance our communities. Places that give people better, brighter, healthier spaces to live, work and play.
USGBC is made up of tens of thousands of member organizations, chapters, and student and community volunteers that are moving the building industry forward in a way that has never been seen before.
USGBC is a diverse group of builders and environmentalists, corporations and nonprofits, teachers and students, lawmakers and citizens that share the same vision of a sustainable built environment for all within the next generation. Today we are 76 chapters, 12,800 member organizations, and 193,000 LEED professionals strong.
ThermaCote's ISO Certification
About Intertek
For more than 130 years, Intertek has ensured the quality and safety of products, processes, and systems. They go beyond testing, inspecting and certifying products; they help customers improve performance, gain efficiencies in manufacturing and logistics, overcome market constraints, and reduce risk. Intertek’s services help minimize the adverse health and environmental impact of products and processes for the benefit of society as a whole.
Intertek is the industry leader with over 36,000 people in 1,000 locations in over 100 countries. Whether a business is local or global, Intertek can ensure a product meet quality, health, environmental, safety, and social accountability standards for virtually any market around the world. They hold extensive global accreditations, recognitions, and agreements, and their knowledge of and expertise in overcoming regulatory, market, and supply chain hurdles is unrivaled.
ThermaCote's Standings, Better Business Bureau
About the BBB
BBB helps people find and recommend businesses, brands, and charities they can trust. For over 100 years, BBB has helped people make smarter decisions and is evolving to meet fast-changing marketplace needs. BBB sets standards for ethical business behavior and monitors compliance. Almost 400,000 Accredited Businesses meet and commit to our high standards. BBB helps consumers identify trustworthy businesses and those that aren’t, through more than 4 million BBB Business Reviews. BBB sets standards for and evaluates thousands of advertisements each year to ensure that people can trust what advertisers say. BBB sets standards for and evaluates the practices of thousands of charities so that donors know where their money is going.
BBB coaches businesses on ethical behavior and how to build stronger, more trusting relationships with their customers.
Product MasterSpec Listing
About Product MasterSpec
Product MasterSpec is a program that allows manufacturers to license sections from the MasterSpec libraries. Avitru’s team of professional specifiers works closely with representatives from the manufacturer to determine where their specification fits and provides guidelines to ensure the product meets Avitru’s high standards. MasterSpec is a comprehensive library of specifications that covers over 1700 sections in full-length, short form, and outline formats. MasterSpec specifications are customizable and include qualitative product overviews, editing instructions, reference standards, manufacturer and product comparisons, drawing coordination, and specification checklists.
MasterSpec has been the industry standard since 1969. It has over 12,000 users and is endorsed by the AIA, ACEC, ASID, ASLA, CASE, IIDA, NLA (ANLA), and NSPE. MasterSpec is used by many of the top architectural and engineering firms. According to Consulting-Specifying Engineers, 70% of the top firms use MasterSpec. Architectural Records’ top ten firms also use MasterSpec and over 73% of their top 500 firms use MasterSpec listings for their projects.
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Collaborative for High Performance Schools
About Collaborative for High Performance Schools
The Collaborative for High Performance Schools (CHPS) believes kids learn better in schools with good lighting, clean air, and comfortable classrooms. That’s why CHPS works with schools and experts to make changes to ensure that every child has the best possible learning environment with the smallest impact on the planet.
The mission of the Collaborative for High Performance Schools is to nationally foster well-designed, operated, and maintained K-12 educational facilities that enhance student performance; positively impact student, teacher, and staff health and wellness; make education more enjoyable and rewarding; and promote positive environmental stewardship.