Labels:chat room | hakham | poster | sky OCR: Energy Efficiency In the past the traditional approach to achieving energy efficiency was to increase the R-values within the envelope The old idea that piling blankets on the bed keeps vou warmer was mistakenly seized upon by well meaning leaislators and the public justify ever increasing thicknesses of insulation he name energy efficiency Research over the last ten vears has refutec this idea will be seen later This is no longer practical because dimensionally the building envelope has gone beyond being cost effective Large dimensions umber are not readily available T the quantities reauired furthe rmore insulation quantities have surpassed the point diminishing returns Field experience has demonstrated that air sealing is a far more effective energy control measure than increasing the R ...
