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  2. Radiant barrier - Wikipedia

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    The final method of installing a radiant barrier in an attic is to lay it over the top of the insulation on the attic floor. While this method can be more effective in the winter [12] there are a few potential concerns with this application, which the US Department of Energy [11] and the Reflective Insulation Manufacturers Association ...

  3. Building envelope - Wikipedia

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    The difference can be illustrated by the fact that an insulated attic floor is the primary thermal control layer between the inside of the house and the exterior while the entire roof (from the surface of the roofing material to the interior paint finish on the ceiling) is part of the building envelope. [11]

  4. Building insulation material - Wikipedia

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    Insulation is a barrier material to resist/reduce substance (water, vapor, etc. ) /energy (sound, heat, electric, etc.) to transfer from one side to another. Heat/ Thermal Insulation is a barrier material to resist / block / reflect the heat energy (either one or more of the Conduction, Convection or Radiation) to transfer from one side to another.

  5. Building insulation - Wikipedia

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    Mineral wool insulation A semi-detached house with one half of the facade in the original state and the other half after insulation with polystyrene Old brick houses in Sosnowiec, Poland, insulated with polystyrene A single-family house in Bielsko-Biała, Poland, during the implementation of thermal insulation A historic building in Kuźnia Raciborska, Poland, during the implementation of ...

  6. Cork thermal insulation - Wikipedia

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    The findings clearly demonstrated that moisture absorption during the rainy season is confined to the surface layers and has no effect on the cork's thermal insulation performance. Other research has focused on cork-based composites. The insulation used in the studies by Cherki et al. [12] and Monir et al., [13] is a cork-gypsum composite ...

  7. Cellulose insulation - Wikipedia

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    Cellulose insulation Cellulose insulation is often blown into building spaces through hoses from special blowing equipment in this case mounted inside a truck. insulation of the floor room wall. Cellulose insulation is plant fiber used in wall and roof cavities to insulate, draught proof and reduce noise.

  8. Glass wool - Wikipedia

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    Glass wool batt insulation. Glass wool is an insulating material made from glass fiber arranged using a binder into a texture similar to wool.The process traps many small pockets of air between the glass, and these small air pockets result in high thermal insulation properties.

  9. R-value (insulation) - Wikipedia

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    Installed faced fiberglass batt insulation with its R-value visible (R-21) [1]. The R-value is a measure of how well a two-dimensional barrier, such as a layer of insulation, a window or a complete wall or ceiling, resists the conductive [2] flow of heat, in the context of construction. [3]