Home Insulation Application

Average Energy Savings Achieved - 46%

APPLICATION:Nansulate(R) was applied via airless sprayer to the underside of the home’s roof deck (underside of roof in attic area, and ceiling
of rooms where attic could not be reached) on January 14th and 15th of 2008. Application was the recommended coverage of three coats (each coat applied at 3-5 wet mils (72-127 microns), for an overall dry film thickness of approximately 7 mils
(177.8 microns, 0.007 inch).
Amount Used: 25 gallons of Nansulate(R) HomeProtect Clear Coat.
Size of living area: 2772 S.F. (257.53 sq. meters)

RESULTS:Customer achieved a 42% reduction in energy use (see charts on next page) and increased his home’s thermal efficiency, and reduced his carbon emissions related to energy use.

Customer quote:
“The study would be based on the savings of electric useage during the cooling season, which would be April thur Sept. We have the previous owner's electric bills for the last 2 1/2 years and compared to my KWH useage we did about 40% better. The neat thing about having hard numbers is that I was able to
take out the figures for the avg. electric useage during the winter months (gas heat) and come up with the savings for just the AC compressor, which if I did the math right is more like a savings of 57%.”

-G.Davis

From blog of customer: Nigel Burkin, shared with his permission. You may read the full blog entry at: nigelburkin.wordpress.com

ISSUE: A large and substantial wooden framed extension to the main house with a flat roof and a cold layer insulation layer that is (in effect) a cold airspace. In reality, 50mm of plasterboard, the air space then the roofing timbers. That’s it. We are leaking heat to atmosphere like a sieve, over a considerable area of roof. Furthermore, the layout cabin has no roof insulation to speak of. I was relying on the thick roof boards to do the trick. It didn’t last winter. Both buildings offer challenges with regard to insulation. The house extension could not be insulated with foam because it would cause a damp problem.

The cabin could be insulated with very environmentally unfriendly foam board installed in the roof and disguised with a false ceiling. However, the beautiful planked ceiling and those huge wooden purlins would be lost from view. The idea of fixing a false layer of tongue and groove to recreate the plank effect was prohibitively expensive and labour intensive to boot. Anyway, there’s a layout to build in there. Something had to be done before winter sets in. Whilst all this was going on, progress on the layout had reached the stage where ceiling work would become difficult if immediate action was not taken. It’s all about programming layout work in the right order and preparing the ‘layout room’ is a major part of that.

SOLUTION: Sarah, my wife, found a very interesting and cost effective solution after a determined search on the Internet. Whilst I was lounging in the bath, soaking away those horrible little fibres after a session of installing a further thick layer of conventional loft insulation in the cottage part of the house, she discovered nano technology. Not from a Star Trek web site either…

And the excess profit orientated managers at Southern and Scottish are going to hate this stuff…truly hate it.

There are claims of up to 40% saving in heat loss. Considering that we have an all-electric system here and that potentially means over £600/year saving on our electricity bills based on the area of the house in which this insulation material could be used. It provides the answer to the flat roof insulation challenge in the house.

Now, we have just installed it (a paint roller was all that is required) and will assess it’s performance after the 30 day curing period. If it works, and there is a great deal of evidence to say that it does, it will not only save heat from escaping from a vulnerable part of the house but will keep the cabin cool in summer too. This has clear implications for modellers that are stuck with using sheds, garages and lofts as a home for their train sets, with all the winter cold and summer heat issues making the environment unbearable for creative modelling or operating sessions.

Nansulate Clear Coat looks like acrylic varnish and indeed it behaves the same way, drying to a clear semi-matt finish. It is applied to the interior surface of ceilings and exterior walls in three thin coats to create a heat barrier. It has no U-value because its approach to insulation is completely different to any conventional material.

Work on the layout was stopped for the time it took to coat the ceiling of the cabin - three coats. Protection of surrounding furnishings, the floor and so on was not absolutely necessary because it seemed to be fairly resistant to dripping and splattering.

Why this technology is not being made more widely available and being pushed by those in authority I do not know. It appears to solve a lot of problems regarding heat loss and has a proven track record too.

Anyway, our new found insulation technology may be the answer to keeping more money in our pockets and heat in the house.

Updated blog entry on Oct. 23, 2008
Link to full blog entry

Cabin insulation update:
Nansulate liquid insulation has been in place in the roof space of the cabin for around 30 days now. The curing time for this material is 30 to 60 days for maximum efficiency, so I would expect to see some difference in the comfort and warmth in the cabin itself. Here’s some anecdotal evidence that it is working:

With nearly 360 square feet of space to heat and a high roof area without A-frame support it’s a large volume to heat. The cabin needed two heaters last Autumn and winter: a 2kW oil-filled Delonghi ‘Dragon’ radiator and an older, less efficient 2kW heater which amounted to being a short across the grid. It took two hours to get space heating up to a comfortable working temperature in the evenings. A couple of nights’ ago, the external temperature was 4 degrees centigrade and only 12 in the cabin with the radiator on frost setting when I entered for a track placing session. The oil-filled radiator brought the temperature up to warm and comfortable in 30 minutes before it was turned down. The convection heater? oh, that was discarded (recycled) weeks ago!

Average Energy Savings Achieved - 41%

ISSUE: Homeowners in Connecticut were looking for an easy way to reduce their heating bills during the cold season and make their home more comfortable year-round.

Heating Oil Use in Gallons:

This equated to a savings of 41% in heating oil use, and a dollar savings of approximately $665.56 per year

*Cost per year was calculated using the July 16, 2007 figure for the average Connecticut regional retail heating oil price ($2.61 per gallon). Source: State of Connecticut Office of Policy and Management (www.opm.state.ct.us).

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ISSUE: A search for alternative housing to address the accomodation crisis in Australia has produced a stylish, functional display home which marks a new era in residential home building.

SOLUTION: Nansulate® Translucent PT was incorporated into the model housing - being applied to internal steel walls which are clad in Gyprock, to provide thermal insulation and superior benefits to the steel wall panels.

(Customer has requested anonymity to keep their competitive advantage)

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ISSUE: With a nationwide heat wave and rising energy costs, this homeowner was looking for an economical way to reduce the heat transfer into his attic, bring down the attic temperature and reduce the amount of energy consumption used for heating and cooling his home.

With the heat wave that has been experienced over the nation in the past month, the owner of the house put thermometers in the attic monitoring the heat throughout the day. During the late afternoons with the outside temperature at 104 F, the inside of the attic was 143 F.

The initial application covered 1/3 of the attic with 3 coats and 2/3 of the attic with 2 coats. The crew returned two weeks later to apply the 3rd coat the rest of the attic. They noted that the temperature outside was 103 F, (it was 3 hours earlier than the first application and at the peak of the heat for the attic). The temperature of the attic was 101 F, a 42 degree drop from the uncoated temperature.

The team continued coating the duct work, the A/C units which are in the attic, plus the ceiling of the attic. With the third coat over the other 2/3 of the attic now done, the applicators and owner expect even better heat reduction results.

Average Energy Savings Achieved - 40%

ISSUE: The issues of energy consumption and green building were important to this homeowner, who was looking for a way to insulate his home with an environmentally friendly product that would also save on energy use.

Nansulate® Translucent GP was used to coat the home's interior walls and ceilings.

The homeowner was very pleased with the results and is realizing a 40% savings in energy costs as well as reduced time for the home to cool off in the summer and heat up in the winter. The fact that Nansulate is water-based and environmentally friendly also made it an excellent addition to the 'green building' environment in TorC, New Mexico.

Customer Comments from Marc Izzard, Truth or Consequences, NM:

"We are really pleased with the 40% savings in energy cost and the swiftness at which it (the house) cools off and heats up. I even coated the claw foot tub in it so the water stays hotter longer!...I tell my friends about it because it really works. You could heat that house with a votive candle and a blow dryer now that it has the nanotech coating on it."

Note: Both applications with Nansulate GP above were completed before our HomeProtect products were available. HomeProtect Clear Coat is the recommeded product for these applications and will offer the same insulating benefit.

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