Living And Working In Sustainable Environments - Insulation Materials

What are the advantages of living in a straw-hut? Well it shields you from the warm rain and if you can tolerate the heat in the summer, the humidity and general lethargic atmosphere with a little breeze then this is the perfect sustainable environment with little initial investment. It is getting more difficult and less fun if you are trying to work in such an environment.

For all other environments where the air needs to be chilled or heated in the most cost-effective and environmentally sustainable manner using some form of climate control, air conditioning and insulation are the only options. Modern buildings will use the most effective insulation techniques and materials, highly efficient lighting systems that generate the highest light output for the least watts possible, and lower energy heat pumps in air conditioning systems that rely on highly effective insulation.

The insulation material between your outer fabric and your sheet-rock (UK: Plaster Board) wall is what matters.

The three materials I like most are self expanding foam, open cell or closed cell, styrofoam and neoprene.

I hope what i wrote can help you more or less.

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