[Greenbuilding] Insamalgum (was Re:New Type of Chipboard)

[RT]

On Wed, 24 Sep 2014 14:25:32 -0400, Clarke Olsen <colsen at fairpoint.net>  
wrote:

> Perhaps a new insulation (insamalgum?) could be made, incorporating the  
> wool from meat animals, plant fiber, rock wool...

Or perhaps a new insulation strategy that incorporates different types of  
insulation materials into a hybrid envelope cross section  (for which  
Clark's label would work equally well) ?

If you take a look at the thermal imaging snapshots for the double-stud  
wall with Vacuum Insulated Panels (VIP) at the core of the wall between  
the loadbearing and curtain stud walls, you will see no (zero, none, zip,  
nada) thermal bridging.

http://tinyurl.com/qc9mtow

or if the tinyurl doesn't work for some reason

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CDwQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pws.gov.nt.ca%2Fpdf%2FPMC%2FNRC%2520Integration%2520of%2520VIP%2520in%2520Canadian%2520Buildings%2520-%2520Mike%2520Swinton_crtd.pdf&ei=GzskVN_UE8SOyAS40oCYCA&usg=AFQjCNF16_gWXU5FkGRph-haMt9B13Aq1g&bvm=bv.76247554,d.aWw

(the link takes you to a PDF download)

Me ? Rather than spending the BigBux on VIPs, I would tend to simply  
increase the spacing between the inner and outer stud walls  or between  
the two chords of parallel chord roof trusses and use inexpensive Roxul  
throughout. But I never build in the City where increasing wall thickness  
would mean a loss in interior floor space so my druthers are irrelevant to  
this discussion.



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