April 20, 2012. Although your home insulation may have ample R-value, adding a reflective insulation will substantially reduce your home heating and cooling bills.
Reflective insulations prevent radiant heat transfer (the primary source of heat-flow). The bulk of your heat loss and gain is due to radiant heat transfer. Even though you have ample R-value, adding a reflective insulation will substantially reduce your heating and cooling bills.
Prodex Total Home Insulation keeps your home cool in summer, warm in winter and dry all the time.
Prodex Total home insulation reduces your air conditioning and heating bills.
Prodex Total home insulation has a R-value of 15.67 (single layer), 21.10 (double layer), vapor and a radiant barrier component. The high R-value reduces your heating bills. The radiant barrier component of Prodex Total reduces you air-conditioning costs. The vapor barrier component protects your home from water damage, mold and mildew.
Attics and roofs: Heat gain is higher in the attic because the sun is beating down on it all day (it's not uncommon to have summer daytime temperatures in an attic cavity that exceeds 150 degrees F). Because heat rises, you'll have more winter heat loss through your attic roof than through your walls; therefore, it is more important having a higher R in the roof than the walls. The sun's heat is absorbed by a roof, heating the roof sheathing and causing the underside of the sheathing and the roof framing to radiate downward toward the attic floor. When a radiant barrier is placed above the roofing or directly underneath the roofing material, much of the heat radiated from the hot roof is reflected back out through the roof. This results in a cooler home and a reduction in your cooling costs.
Will the product hurt my shingles? No, absolutely not. There has been significant testing on this issue and it has shown that a radiant barrier installed in a residential attic will not harm the shingles.
Basements and Crawlspaces: Due to their underground environment, basements and crawl spaces have different insulation requirements than the house above. Moisture is the primary consideration in developing either a basement or crawlspace insulation strategy. Excess moisture can cause mold, mildew, odors, decay, fungus growth and wood rot. More...
Walls: Three problems with wall insulation: Heat loss and gain - Thermal bridging - Moisture. More...
Prodex Total home insulation is paramount in creating a more comfortable and energy efficient home, keeping you cooler in summer and warmer in the winter. An insulation with a radiant barrier component is an absolute must in warmer climates. In colder climates it is important that your home insulation also provides a high R-value. Ideally you want a product that provide a vapor barrier, radiant heat barrier and R-value. Prodex Total home insulation reduces radiant heat transfer through the attic by 97%. Installing Prodex in the attic roof means that the heat from the sun will be reflected back out of your attic instead of crossing the airspace to be absorbed by the insulation on the attic floor and then radiated down into your home below. Similarly, adding Prodex Perforated home insulation can reduce the loss of heat from the attic floor to the roof sheathing in cold weather by reflecting the heat in your home back downward.
Prodex Total Insulation is not effected by moisture and can completely replace older insulation materials in many areas. Prodex Total can also be used effectively in conjunction with other bulk insulation materials in colder climates. In a typical home, up to 30 percent of the heat is lost through the roof. Adding Prodex Total home insulation is an easy upgrade. It's a common DIY home insulation retrofit project. Prodex Total insulation can be easily added to an existing attic as it hangs below the rafters. See installation
Energy Savings: Payback on investment
The cost of insulation is measured as the time to payback the initial cost of the insulation through energy savings. Payback is calculated by dividing the initial cost of the home insulation by the annual amount of savings in energy costs. Economic gains from installing insulation in the attic are well documented. Studies show that an attic insulation with a radiant barrier component can save as much as 17 percent on air conditioning energy costs. Research conducted by the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) has shown that the installation of a home insulation with a radiant barrier component can generate significant financial savings. About 22 percent of the heat gain in a typical Florida house comes through the attic. A home insulation with a radiant barrier component reduces heat gain through the roof by about 40 percent. The summer peak energy use savings was as much as 27 percent. This study also showed that the average peak reduction from the insulation with a radiant barrier component was three times as great as the savings produced by adding more fiberglass insulation (a change from R-13 to R-19). Whole house tests run by the Mineral Insulation Manufacturers Association and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory show the average reductions in ceiling heat flow from the addition of insulation with a radiant barrier stapled under the rafters between 24 and 30 percent compared with R 19 attic floor insulation and no attic radiant barrier insulation. The US Department of Energy Attic Radiant Barrier Fact Sheet (DOE/CE-0335P) states that reductions in the cost of cooling can reach up to 17% by proper installation of an attic radiant barrier. The Oxford City Council has estimated that the cost to add insulation to an un-insulated attic will pay back in 2 years. Estimates are that insulating an un-insulated attic saves 25 percent on heating costs in cold climates. Heavily insulating the attic (R value + radiant barrier) is usually seen as a worthwhile investment. You can almost never have too much insulation. Remember Prodex Total Home insulation adds a radiant barrier + R-value 15.67 + vapor barrier.
While Cellulose, fiberglass, spray foam and rockwool are made to resist or impede the flow of warm air, Prodex Total home insulation does this plus reflects back infra-red energy from the sun so it does not penetrate the building. It can reflect back radiant heat inside the house so it does not escape. The concept is simple each unit of radiant heat energy that is reflected away from your home in summer and each unit reflected back inside during winter means less operation of your air conditioning and heating systems, less wear and tear on your equipment, and less money you pay in utility cost.
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