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Energy Efficiency
Thermal Insulation Necessity For Buildings
India with extreme climatic conditions where
difference between peak summer temperature and
cold winter temperature is more than 20 degrees in
many regions of the country, providing comfortable
indoor climate is a necessity, rather than luxury.
In India most of the buildings are built with brick walls
with cement plastering or Reinforced Cement
Concrete (RCC) with width varying between 125 mm-
250 mm. Roof is usually made of Reinforced Cement
Concrete with thickness varying from100 mm to 150
mm. While walls are built to withstand the building and
wind load, roofing is finished with just water proofing.
Thus, thermal insulation is rarely considered essential in
traditional Indian buildings.
However, times are changing and with that people's
tastes and preferences are also evolving. People have
started recognising the benefits of thermal insulation
and as a result, insulation in buildings is assuming
tremendous importance. Thermal insulation helps in
energy conservation by reducing heating and or
cooling load on the building envelope. Also by
keeping temperature under control, insulation helps in
enhancing human comfort and eventually
contributing to increased efficiency. Further by
controlling the extremes of the climate, thermal
insulation mitigates damages that might be caused to
the building.
Extreme caution should be exercised while selecting
materials for thermal insulation as the requirements
vary from building to building and also from region to
region depending upon the weather conditions and
materials used in construction. Supreme Industries' INSU
range of products is meant to fulfil thermal insulation
requirements.
Supreme's 'INSU shield' is a non-fibrous, fire retardant
(FR), closed cell, tri-dimensional chemically cross linked
polyethylene foam and is an ideal environment friendly
insulation material, with a perfect solution for all
insulation needs for ducts, roofs, pipes, vessels etc., and
is a better alternative to conventional glass wool
insulation material. Another product, 'INSU flex', a fire
retardant closed cell flexible elastomeric tubing
thermal insulation product, offers a high water vapour
transmission resistance factor which ensures a low
stable thermal conductivity, thereby saving energy
and ensuring efficiency of the system for insulating split
air-conditioner copper tubing for addressing typical
heat ingress issue in PEB structures. 'INSU reflector', a
radiant heat reflective insulation material made of
polyethylene air bubble film (ABF) laminated with
aluminium foil on one or both sides are used to block
the radiant heat transfer.
These products are included in the GRIHA (Green
Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment) Product
Catalogue, signifying the highest quality of the
products. Also these products can be used on any of
GRIHA rated projects and the application of approved
products on such projects.
A non-fibrous, fire retardant (FR), closed cell, tri-dimensional chemically cross linked
polyethylene foam and an ideal environment friendly insulation material, with a perfect
solution for all insulation needs for ducts, roofs, pipes, vessels etc., and a better alternative
to conventional glass wool insulation material.