T°Cool® Combats Heat…Benefits Student-Athletes Across Carolinas

Charleston SC

22 January, 2021

10:42 AM

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Student-Athletes Across North & South Carolina Now Benefit from Innovative Evaporative Cooling Technology as 14 Sports Facilities Combat Dangerous Heat by Integrating T°Cool® to Synthetic Turf Fields in 2020 Carolinas Lead Nationwide Sports Facility Growth as Breakthrough Cooling Technology is Currently Used in 34 States; T°Cool® Treated Infill Reduces Synthetic Turf Surface Temperatures by 30-50 Degrees Led by 14 facilities across North Carolina & South Carolina, headlined by the 1st NCAA Division I Athletic Field in the USA – The Citadel’s historic Johnson Hagood Stadium – sports and recreation facilities are benefitting student-athletes by integrating T°Cool’s® revolutionary evaporative cooling technology to their synthetic turf systems, in an effort to reduce the extreme heat. As synthetic turf surfaces consistently exceed 160° during warm weather months, T°Cool® is a proven solution that reduces synthetic turf surface temperatures by 30 to 50 degrees, making fields cooler, safer and more playable, without compromising the performance benefits. In fact, today, encompassing athletic fields, playgrounds, dog parks, recreation facilities, and private residences, T°Cool® technology is now cooling synthetic turf surfaces in 34 states across the USA. T°Cool® has been installed in key markets across the Carolinas, highlighted by Charleston, SC; Columbia, SC, Beaufort, SC and Charlotte, NC. The complete list of facilities includes: The Citadel (Charleston, SC); Beaufort HS (Beaufort, SC); Whale Branch Early College HS (Seabrook, SC); Spring Valley HS (Columbia, SC); Richland NE HS (Columbia, SC); Blythewood HS (Blythewood, SC); Westwood HS (Blythewood, SC); West Cabarrus HS (Concord NC) three fields; Kings Mountain HS (Kings Mountain, NC); Cox Mill HS (Concord, NC); JM Robinson HS (Concord, NC) and Henry Fork River Park (Hickory, NC). From a sports growth standpoint, to complement the facilities across the Carolina’s, T°Cool® is also now used internationally on five fields on the Caribbean Nation of Saint Lucia, headlined by Soufriere-Stadium - the host venue for International Soccer matches. Additionally, T°Cool® was recently integrated into the first baseball field, at Laramie Park (Skokie Park District) in Skokie, IL, as well as on the first athletic field in the State of Florida, located at Somerset Canyons Academy in Boynton Beach, FL. Moreover, a collection of high schools across the Carolinas are planning to integrate T°Cool® technology into their new turf field installations in 2021, further validating the effectiveness of the cooling solution. To complement the growth in the southeast, the innovative technology is expanding to more projects throughout the Midwest, northeast and southwest. T°Cool® is an eco-friendly solution that cools the synthetic turf surfaces by coating the infill and/or sand. Once installed, the T°Cool® solution continuously activates through rain, dew, humidity and/or watering the field, thus reducing the surface temperature. “To help maximize field space and usage, converting from natural grass to synthetic turf surfaces is an ongoing trend at sports and recreation facilities nationwide,” said Rick Oleksyk, President, T°CoolPT. “Synthetic turf offers an all-weather, 24-7 alternative solution to natural grass surfaces, and a cooling solution is a gamechanger for athletes, coaches, referees and fans alike.” During warm weather months, synthetic turf temperatures can get hot, consistently exceeding 160°, making the fields uncomfortable and often unplayable. The extreme heat on synthetic turf fields is primarily driven by the sun and composition of the synthetic turf fibers. The only proven method for reducing this heat is by treating the infill or sand with a cooling solution, and T°Cool® is the only proven synthetic turf cooling solution that cools the entire turf system for sustained periods of time. Decision makers are constantly looking for solutions that make fields safer and more playable, and synthetic turf surfaces offer an assortment of performance benefits such as cushioning, enhanced durability, fiber support and turnkey maintenance, among others. Added Oleksyk, “With over 24,000,000 square feet of synthetic turf cooled by T-Cool technology in landscape, recreation, playgrounds, dog parks and residential applications, athletic fields are the next logical extension. By the day, decision makers in the sports sector are recognizing the need to ensure a cooling agent is a spec for all synthetic turf surfaces.” As an added benefit, T°Cool’s evaporative cooling solution for synthetic turf fields also reduces the coefficient of friction, thus diminishing the severity of turf burns, while effectively reducing the growth of harmful bacteria on open wounds. For more information on T°Cool visit www.tcoolpt.com.