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What is new in building industries
Surfboard Construction
We get a lot of emails from listeners of the Surf Simply Podcast, asking for our thoughts on certain surfboard construction methods; particularly epoxy vs polyurethane; plus we hear in the surf media about exciting new materials being used in surfboard design, like carbon fibre and kevlar. ...
Building insualtion
Thermal insulation usually refers to the use of appropriate insulation materials and design adaptations for buildings to slow the transfer of heat through the enclosure to reduce heat loss and gain. The transfer of heat is caused by the temperature difference between indoors and outdoors. Heat may ...
Insulation Materials
Insulation materials run the gamut from bulky fiber materials such as fiberglass, rock and slag wool, cellulose, and natural fibers to rigid foam boards to sleek foils. Bulky materials resist conductive and -- to a lesser degree -- convective heat flow in a building cavity. Rigid foam boards trap ...
Pre-Insulated Duct as new materials
The Synergy cool-duct System defies the normal space requirements by being pre-insulated. Because it is pre-insulated, cool duct has the ability to be constructed with flush joints between sections