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"Keepin' It Green"
With Thermacote® Ceramic Coating/Insulation
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| It's an investment in energy efficiency that starts paying back as soon as the first coat is applied. |
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| It's a commercial grade fluid applied ceramic insulating coating which has superior performance as a radiant heat barrier, while providing excellent insulating properties. |
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| It's energy saving paint that keeps winter warmth in while keeping summer heat out. Start saving energy the moment the first coat is applied. |
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US Wants To Paint The World White To Save Energy
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| US Energy Secretary Steven Chu, seen here in April 2009, said Tuesday the Obama administration wanted to paint roofs an energy-reflecting white, as he took part in a climate change symposium in London.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chip Somodevilla) |
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LONDON (AFP) - US Energy Secretary Steven Chu said Tuesday the Obama administration wanted to paint roofs an energy-reflecting white, as he took part in a climate change symposium in London.
The Nobel laureate in physics called for a "new revolution" in energy generation to cut greenhouse gas emissions. But he warned there was no silver bullet for tackling climate change, and said a range of measures should be introduced, including painting flat roofs white.
Making roads and roofs a paler colour could have the equivalent effect of taking every car in the world off the road for 11 years, Chu said. It was a geo-engineering scheme that was "completely benign" and would keep buildings cooler and reduce energy use from air conditioning, as well as reflecting sunlight back away from the Earth.
For people who found white hard on the eye, scientists had also developed "cool colours" which looked to the human eye like normal ones, but reflect heat like pale colours even if they are darker shades. And painting cars in cool or light colours could deliver considerable savings on energy use for air conditioning units, he said.
Speaking at the start of a symposium on climate change hosted by the Prince of Wales and attended by more than 20 Nobel laureates, Chu said fresh thinking was required to cut the amount of carbon created by power generation. He said: "The industrial revolution was a revolution in the use of energy. It offloaded from human and animal power into using fossil fuels. "We have to go to a different new revolution that can severely decrease the amount of carbon emissions in the generation of energy."
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Ceramic Insulation – a sprayable latex based coating that provides both a thermal barrier and a radiant barrier against the transfer of “real” temperature from one surface or material to another.
There are numerous insulation products in today’s marketplace promoting radiant barrier properties, others promoting energy reduction through reflectance values, and yet others promoting high ‘R’ values. In one aspect or another, all of these products have benefits, as well as limitations. However, based on independent research into the various insulative properties even the professionals have found it is difficult to make ‘apples to apples’ comparisons.
Reflectance – Several products utilize light colors of paint or coating and claim to be effective at bouncing up to 80% of the heat of the sun or other energy source. Interestingly most of these products experience heat gain of the materials themselves and the result is radiant transfer or thermal bridging as heat passes to other structural components. To illustrate this, consider a scenario where a mirror is installed in place of a standard roofing component (e.g. an r-panel) on a roof. When subjected to sunlight, the mirror will reflect the suns energy very effectively. However, in the process the mirror itself becomes extremely hot, even to the point it can cause burning when touched. The increase in temperature (heat) is transferred from the mirror into the adjoining structural components resulting in a reduction of the effectiveness, net positive effect, of the reflectance property.
Radiant Barrier – Most of these are fabrics or coatings of various compounds that are designed to provide a layer of separation between the interior spaces and exterior spaces. This “barrier system” is designed to prevent the migration of temperature past this layer from cold to hot. Radiant barriers usually need to be protected by a more durable material (surface) as most are not contact or weather resistant enough to be used alone. Some of these are applied inside underneath a roof deck or other surface requiring protection from thermal energy transfer.
‘R’ Value – Perhaps the most common term referenced when discussing insulation, R-value of a material is the ability of the material to hold the stored thermal energy that has been applied into a space. This action is actually the ability to trap air within a medium that prevents the air mixing from the lower temperature areas to higher temperature areas. The R-value does not address the direct application of thermal exchange as temperature is being generated. Additionally, R-value does not protect from “thermal bridging” where building components are exposed to elevated temperatures, which are then transferred to other “insulated areas” of the building envelope. In short, R-value is a measure of conductive heat transfer, and most importantly does not account for radiant heat transfer.
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| Ceramic Coating For Roof Insulation |
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| Ceramic Insulation in action. |
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-Ceramic coating of AHU's restores thermal insulation with non-porous cleanable surface
-Can be applied interior or exterior
-Eliminates rust and degradation
| -Repairs drain pan leaks without replacing the pan
-Has zero VOC’s
-Quick dry time
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ThermaCote® - is a sprayable ceramic coating that will provide true protection from the thermal exchange of temperature from solar roof loads, industrial manufacturing equipment, or commercial HVAC systems and even residential roofs. ThermaCote® provides superior solar reflectance (90+% of all UV rays), eliminates thermal bridging between structural building components, eliminates the expansion and contraction of dis-similar building materials, and most importantly reduces the thermal BTU gain that costs you money.
Additionally, ThermaCote® is a GREEN product that is water based, stops rust, seals surfaces and can be applied to most surfaces without primers or additional chemical preparation. Look into proprietary products
Therma-Cote™ rf - Therma-Cote™ hvac - Therma-Cote™ ind - Therma-Cote™ res
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Volatile Organic Compounds
VOC's are the dangerous elements that continuously evaporate from regular paint on interior walls, ceilings and other surfaces thereby contaminating the air we breath.
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