Insulation Regulations: Know Your Local Regulation Before Installing Insulation

There are many efforts to make building more comfortable and to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions from buildings. For many years we tried to increase wall thickness of the wall insulation and roof insulation and adding the bottom insulation.

This seems logical, but I recently attended a seminar in where a speaker tried to make a comparison of as opposed to two major areas of new construction. These building were build year apart and built insulation levels in the store later far exceeded the first branch. Although the shops were of similar size, has a similar level of glass and skylights, the shop recently built, although it improved R-values (please refer to insulation R-Value chart), 43% costs warmer than the last. (more…)

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Insulation R-Value Chart: Know the Proper Wall Insulation Recommendation

Imprinted on every batt or blanket of insulation or on every bag of loose insulation is its R-Value. The higher Insulation R-Value, the more insulation value you’re getting, and the more money you’re saving. (Maybe instead of rating insulating material R-3 and R-4 and R-5, it would be more graphic to rate it with dollar signs: $–3, $–4, $–5.) (more…)

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Energy Efficiency Gap - Technologies and Usages Perspectives

energy efficiency technologies
Recently, attention to energy efficiency has been gaining momentum. The attention given by policy maker is mainly due to concerns about climate change emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuels. Particular attention has been paid on how the role of technological improvements in energy efficiency can help reduce carbon dioxide emissions. (more…)

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