Building insulation refers broadly to any object in a building used as insulation for any purpose. While the majority of insulation in buildings is for thermal purposes, the term also applies to acoustic insulation, fire insulation, and impact insulation (e.g. for vibrations caused by industrial applications). Often an insulation material will be chosen for its ability to perform several of these functions at once.
Thermal insulation
Thermal insulation in buildings is an important factor to achieving thermal comfort for its occupants. Insulation reduces unwanted heat loss or gain and can decrease the energy demands of heating and cooling systems. It does not necessarily deal with issues of adequate ventilation and may or may not affect the level of sound insulation. In a narrow sense insulation can just refer to the insulation materials employed to slow heat loss, such as: cellulose, glass wool, rock wool, polystyrene, urethane foam, vermiculite, perlite, wood fibre, plant fibre (cannabis, flax, cotton, cork, etc.), recycled cotton denim, plant straw, animal fibre (sheep's wool), cement, and earth or soil, Reflective Insulation (also known as Radiant Barrier) but it can also involve a range of designs and techniques to address the main modes of heat transfer - conduction, radiation and convection materials. Many of the materials in this list deal with heat conduction and convection by the simple expedient of trapping large amounts of air (or other gas) in a way that results in a material that employs the low thermal conductivity of small pockets of gas, rather than the much higher conductivity of typical solids. (A similar gas-trapping principle is used in animal hair, down feathers, and in air-containing insulating fabrics).
During the building work, they installed the wool insulation which would – though they didn't know it at the time – go on to become a very expensive problem ... 'If moths have got into the insulation, they're in a difficult position.'.
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Dr Hunyak and his wife say the insects destroyed their clothes, causing £50,000 worth of damage, and claim it would cost almost £10million to get rid of the moths by replacing all the woollen insulation in the building.
They say the source of the infestation is wool insulation behind walls and ceilings ... The couple claims it would cost almost £10m to replace all the woollen insulation in the building ... .
Dr Hunyak and his wife say the insects destroyed their clothes, causing £50,000 worth of damage, and claim it would cost almost £10million to get rid of the moths by replacing all the woollen insulation in the building.
Further, statements regarding handicap access, sight lines, ventilation, insulation, mold, moisture and building code issues are also meaningless in this decision because those issues are covered in ...
Brattleboro Reformer
11 Nov 2024
Brattleboro Reformer
11 Nov 2024