Heated Floor Mat
Carbon and cost saving solution for industrial heating
Warmtronics
Client: Industrial warehouses are notoriously difficult to heat. Vast volumes, constant door cycles and high energy demands make traditional heating systems inefficient and costly. An experienced facilities management recognised the opportunity for a more targeted, energy-conscious solution. Warmtronics approached us with a startup concept, combining the familiarity of anti-fatigue mats with personal, ground-level heating, with the vision to create a product that supports individual comfort without heating entire buildings.
Approach: We reframed the project from a simple CAD task into a full development pathway. Early assumptions were validated through user research, feasibility analysis and iterative prototyping, ensuring the concept had both technical and commercial viability before moving forward.
Challenges: The simplicity of the idea concealed complex engineering questions: preventing chair damage, managing heat within rubber materials, ensuring sensor reliability, balancing weight and strength, and tightly controlling tooling and material costs.
Deliverables: We delivered functional prototypes, test frameworks, full industrial design, engineering development, DFM, supplier engagement and compliance support, building the foundations for scalable manufacture.
Impact: Warmtronics now supports major logistics and retail operations, delivering significant energy savings and measurable carbon reductions while providing a more comfortable working environment.
“It’s hard at the start, because you don’t really know what you’re going to get. But after listening to Pd-m talk about other products they’ve worked on, how passionately they talked about them, and how they shared the challenges in the process that they overcame, I could see their commitment. I could see their value. I knew this was right for the product.”