"Rigid insulation"

Rigid insulation / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Insulation and soundproofing

The embodied carbon of insulation materials, which are the best choices for insulating homes

...insulation. XPS rigid foam insulation panels XPS rigid foam insulation panels are look different than EPS beadboard insulation panels and are the real styrofoam which has a higher embodied carbon figure than natural insulation materials XPS or Extruded Polystyrene insulation is a petroleum based product. It has a hi...

Insulation and soundproofing

How much insulation is too much in attics and walls?

...insulation is too much in an attic? What does ‘diminishing returns’ for insulation mean? It's as simple as this - adding one inch of insulation to a wall that has only one inch of insulation is certainly well worth the investment, in any climate. Adding one inch of insulation to a wall that has 5 inches of insulation...

Insulation and soundproofing

Hemp insulation in Canada & USA - insulating naturally is an eco-friendly alternative

...insulation products available locally or online: Flexible and compressible insulation batts; masonry blocks; semi-rigid soundproofing panels; semi-rigid decorative and soundproofing panels; felts for subfloor insulation. Now that you know about hemp insulation, find more pages about sustainable building products ...

Insulation and soundproofing

Rigid insulation panels: which ones to use for different applications

...Insulation Products, Like Hemp Insulation panels or Batt Insulation or mineral wool - demonstrated here in roof insulation. Polyisocyanurate foam panels: PIR, polyiso, or ISO, is a thermoset plastic product typically produced as a foam and used as rigid thermal insulation panel - most often with aluminum foil facing....

Concept and design

Building science for LEED v4 wall design made easy - video

...insulation is installed outside of that. Stud cavities are still insulated with batts, but the majority of insulation is on the outside of the sheathing, this way the vapour control layer is sandwiched between layers of insulation where it can perform best in a wildly varying climate like we have in Canada. There are m...

Insulation and soundproofing

Choosing the right insulation: the pros, cons and applications for walls, slabs and basements

...insulation. And better still is when the natural alternative for these plastic based rigid foam insulation boards is a naturally derived cellulose high-performance panel with a higher R-value than current rigid insulation panels such as EPS, XPS and Styrofoam. Read more about which are the best rigid cellulose foam ins...