Despite the fact that this home is located in a very cold region, he also wanted to find a substitute for
the plastic foam insulation, which is typically used in these cases.
For example, updated codes would encourage use of
plastic foam insulation, which would dramatically reduce energy use in buildings, where 40 percent of U.S. energy is used.
Not exact matches
BASF competes with DowDuPont in areas such as pesticides, engineering
plastics, nutrition,
insulation foams and petrochemicals.
Fraunhofer scientists are developing
insulation foam made from wood that could re - place petrochemical
plastics in the long term.
Spray
insulation foam into the underside of
plastic feeding dishes to keep wet food from becoming fishcicles!
Spray
insulation foam into the underside of
plastic feeding dishes to keep wet food from freezing.
My «palette» includes PEX
plastic plumbing tubes,
foam insulation, parachute cord, cable ties, bead and sash chain, metal loops and connectors, and sometimes even
foam swimming noodles.
Michael Assiff & Chelsea Culp, Rex, 2017,
plastic, vinyl,
insulation foam,
plastic bottles, canvas, duct tape, acrylic paint, oil paint, martini glass, glass beads, variable dimensions
Perhaps it is better to turn it into
foam insulation and
plastic building materials than it is to burn it, since leaving it in the ground is obviously not an option that is on the table.
Mineral fiber also represents a viable solution for high performance home builders, designers, and clients who wish to use an alternative to
foam plastic insulation.
Retrofitting a wood - framed enclosure with thick layers of
foam plastic insulation board is a proven high performance retrofit technique.
Some huge architectural firms refuse to work with
foam plastic rigid
insulation.
The graph shows that ccSPF is priced comparable to the rigid board
foam plastic products (extruded polystyrene and polyisocyanurate), which are both substantially more expensive than cavity fill fibrous
insulation such as fiberglass or cellulose.
These risks are addressed in current building code with the requirement for air - impermeable
insulation (i.e., rigid
plastic foams) on the exterior side of the roof assembly; air - permeable (fibrous)
insulation makes up the balance of the insulating value.
Foam plastic insulation dominates high - performance and green construction today, a clear victory of the power of chemical company marketing over common sense.
We have complained many times about how
foam insulation and
plastic foamy furniture fillings are serious dangers in fires.