Polystyrene insulation refers to a material called polystyrene that is used to keep heat or cold air from escaping a building. It acts as a barrier to prevent temperature changes and can help make a home or building more energy efficient.
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Sentences with «polystyrene insulation»
- More Materials Monday: Materials Monday: Tin Cans As Cladding Polystyrene Insulation Doesn't Belong in Green Building Big Surprise: New Study Shows Insulated Concrete Forms Are Better Than Crap (treehugger.com)
- CIEL and other environmental groups were disappointed that the European Union was granted a 5 - year exception for using HBCD in expanded and extruded polystyrene insulation in buildings. (sciencemag.org)
- On so - called rafts (repurposed polystyrene insulation panels) floating in the tubs, basil, bok choy and lettuce plants grow hydroponically — that is, without soil — their bare roots dangling through holes in the rafts to draw nutrients directly from the water below. (scientificamerican.com)
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