Residential
How to reduce your carbon footprint and save up to 40% on your home heating bills
- Insulate It - Residential
- Internal Insulation For New Property
Although it is normal practice to install thermal insulation in all new property constructions, in many cases insufficient knowledge of how energy is lost from a building results in less than satisfactory results.
Generally, the primary mode of heat transfer in a building is through the process of radiation. This is the transfer of heat (infra-red radiant energy) from a hot surface to a cold surface through air or a vacuum.
Radiant heat is invisible and has no temperature, just energy. When the energy is absorbed by a surface such as a buildings walls or roof the temperature of that surface warms up, conversely, during periods of low radiation levels those surfaces cool down.
This can be seen in a building, when during the late Spring and Summer months, high levels of radiation from the sun strikes the outer surfaces of a buildings walls and roof, which causes these surfaces to heat up. The heat then flows from the outer to the inner wall through the process of conduction and is then radiated again through the air space inside the building.
During Autumn, Winter and Early Spring when there is lower solar radiation levels, the same external surfaces cool down transmitting cold through walls and roofs, this in turn cooling down the internal air space which makes our environment feel cold.
To improve personal comfort within our living space and control the fall or rise of temperatures we use either heating or air conditioning systems to compensate. However both these systems are high users of energy with associated high energy cost levels.
To reduce the energy used for heating or cooling system being lost through walls and roofs, thermal insulating materials are used to lower thermal transmission, which happens through the processes of convection, conduction and radiation.
Generally thermal insulators are passive, that is to say they do not generate heat themselves but are intended to reduce heat loss or gain and decrease the energy required to maintain comfortable temperature levels, hence, thermal insulation is a critical part of maintaining the temperature comfort for building occupants.
The majority of traditional insulators work by reducing heat transfer by trapping air or other gases. Thus these insulators reduce convection as the primary method of reducing heat transfer, however these insulators are not efficient in reducing radiant heat transfer and are therefore only partially effective.
This is where AERO-THERM® differs from conventional insulation materials. Rather than trapping heat or cold AERO-THERM® actually reflects radiated energy back on itself at the speed of light, minimising energy loss or gain and consequently keeping the internal areas of a building either warm or cool, using much lower levels of supplemental heating or air conditioning to maintain temperature levels.
AERO-THERM® can either completely replace or supplement other conventional forms of insulation and can be used on walls, ground level floors, top floor ceilings and dormer type constructions.
Due to its speed of reaction and ability to maintain thermal equilibrium, AERO-THERM® prevents the conditions where condensation and possible mould growth occurs, which makes it extremely useful in troublesome areas.
Once applied AERO-THERM® can be painted or wallpapered over many times without the loss of performance and comes with a 15 year manufacturer's guarantee.
Thermal imaging test results and practical applications have shown that with a 1mm thick application of AERO-THERM® to the interior surface of a buildings exterior walls, floors and ceilings, temperatures inside a building can be maintained using up to 40% less energy in comparison with other conventional thermal insulation methods.
Internal Insulation for Older Property
In properties built from older traditional construction methods, or built without a cavity wall construction, AERO-THERM® can provide a fast cost effective method of reducing the high energy costs associated with these types of properties with the minimum of occupant disturbance.
Previous to the availability of AERO-THERM®, almost the only way of insulating these types of buildings was through either, the use of external cladding, which not only changes the external visual aspect of a building but also means that installation is weather dependant with potentially high associated construction costs, particularly where large scaffolding erection is necessary.
Or alternatively through the use of internal insulation cladding which encroaches into room space and can be extremely disruptive to building occupants during installation.
Being applied to the inside surfaces of a property as a 1.0mm thin coating, being both non toxic and odourless means that the application of AERO-THERM® is fast cost effective and presents the minimum of occupant disruption.
AERO-THERM® does not affect the appearance of a building and can immediately improve the comfort and well being of occupants whilst greatly reducing previous energy costs.
Investment in the use of AERO-THERM® has an extremely quick pay back period particularly in an environment of ever increasing energy costs.
Thermal imaging test results and practical applications have shown that with a 1mm thick application of AERO-THERM® to the interior surface of a buildings exterior walls, floors and ceilings, temperatures inside a building can be maintained using up to 40% less energy in comparison with other conventional thermal insulation methods.
