The Guide about the major advantages of using sufficent insulations in the construction of homes and buildings.

The need of the use of Insulations in Cold weather climates.

The need of the use of Insulations in Warm weather climates.

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Insulation of basements:

A 1" inch Styrofoam has a thermal insulation factor of approximately R: 5, or the equivalent of four 4' feet of poured in place concrete.

An 8" to 10" inch thick foundation, un-insulated has thus a resistance factor of R: 0.9, not even R: 1.

Even the un-insulated homes and buildings built before 1965 have their brick walls with an insulation factor of at least R: 10.

Thus 1' ft. high of un-insulated basement looses as much heat as 10' feet of wall or one story high.

If more than 3' feet of basement is un-insulated, there is more heat lost from the basement than from the rest of the property.

Insulations costs are paid for by the savings of heating in less than one year.

A fast second point of interest:

In the case of apartment buildings with central heating, if it cost more than the rent or more than $1,000.00 per apartment for heating and domestic hot water, there is a highly urgent need to implement improvements that we will talk about later.

The availability of a worthwhile surprise may come to birth here.

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