A properly designed and installed insulation system offers immediate and long-term benefits. Insulation protects your personnel, your equipment, your system, and your budget. Click here to learn more about the Power of Insulation. A properly designed and installed insulation system immediately reduces the need for energy and results in significant savings. On hot pipes and surfaces, heat loss can be reduced by about 20 times. A properly designed, insulated, and maintained system significantly reduces energy costs, which saves money and protects the environment.
An unbelievable amount of energy is lost through uninsulated valves, bare pipes, or defective insulation. It seems to be one of those maintenance things that never gets done—until somebody can demonstrate what it's costing to ignore the uninsulated system.
Energy Savings Appraisal A properly designed and installed insulation system immediately reduces the need for energy and results in significant savings. Click here for more information about becoming a Certified Insulation Energy Appraiser. A properly designed and installed insulation system provides an excellent return on investment and quick payback through cost savings.
Insulation is a low-risk investment because the savings and the payback can be forecasted with a high degree of accuracy. Insulation is one of the few technologies where the payback for the investment is considered more than acceptable when compared to many other equipment or maintenance purchases.
If the insulated system is maintained, the savings from the investment continue for the life of the facility. In fact, it costs more to not insulate properly. Often insulation is paid for by the maintenance budget and then it reduces the operations budget for the life of the system. The return on investment or payback for an investment in insulation is quick, often from 6 months to 2 years.
Insulation with a good vapor retarder controls condensation and limits corrosion on cold piping, ducts, chillers, and roof drains. Sufficient thickness is needed to keep the surface temperature above the dew point temperature of the ambient air. Corona Cameras. Corona Camera Accessories. Transformer Oil Testers. Oil Tester Accessories.
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The amount of insulation or R-value you'll need depends on your climate, type of heating and cooling system, and the part of the house you plan to insulate.
To learn more, see our information on adding insulation to an existing house or insulating a new house. Also, remember that air sealing and moisture control are important to home energy efficiency, health, and comfort.
Use the following map to determine your climate zone and then the following tables to estimate the required R-values. See the International Energy Conservation Code for more information on climate zones.
Other considerations may include indoor air quality impacts, life cycle costs, recycled content, embodied carbon, and ease of installation, especially if you plan to do the installation yourself.
Some insulation strategies require professional installation, while homeowners can easily handle others. Insulation materials run the gamut from bulky fiber materials such as fiberglass, rockwool, cellulose, and natural fibers to rigid foam boards to sleek foils.
Bulky materials resist conductive heat flow in a building cavity. Rigid foam boards trap air or another gas in their cells to resist conductive heat flow. Highly reflective foils in radiant barriers and reflective insulation systems reflect radiant heat away from living spaces, making them particularly useful in cooling climates.
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