Insulation Specifications
ARCTIC CLAD Aerospace insulation for residential and commercial installations
Traditional Insulation
Traditional insulation that is installed in attics, walls and crawlspaces in most homes and buildings has fixed R values. Thicker has always been considered better but in reality all mass insulations’ have an emissive value of 90%. Which simply means our precious energy we use to heat and cool our homes goes right out into our environment. R value insulation materials only slow down heat transfer and loss.
Arctic Clad reflects this cool and heat, transferring it back into the area it is meant to keep cool or warm.
Arctic Clad is a spin off from Space Age Technology. These types of materials are used by NASA in their space suits and space crafts to insulate them from the fierce heat of outer space and ARCTIC CLAD is certified by the National Space Foundation.
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How ARCTIC Shield works!
In the summer season our homes and buildings absorb the sun’s rays and heat up our living areas which we then utilize air conditioning to keep the area acceptable. ARCTIC CLAD reflects 97 % of this unwanted heat and keeps the cool in.
In the winter season Arctic Clad acts the opposite way, buy reflecting 97% of the heat back into our living areas (please see the diagram). Arctic Clad is the only reinforced commercial, residential breathable aluminum insulation. Insulated attics made of the highly reflective and emissive material Arctic Clad lowers heating and cooling utilities by reflecting away sunlight and holding wintertime heat.
In fact your heating or air conditioning appliance will work approximately 4 to 5 times less in the summer or winter, which extends the lifetime of any heating or cooling unit.
How reflective technology works!
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Reflective technology – an old concept!
The Scottish chemist and physicist, Sir James Dewar (1842-1923) invented the thermos flask (1892), also known as the Dewar flask or vacuum flask. The purpose of the flask was to store liquid gases at very low temperatures. The basic function was to thermally insulate the contents in the flask, preventing heat from flowing either in or out.
In our illustration, (below) radiation is reduced to a minimum by silvering the glass, generally on the two internal faces, so that the radiant heat waves are reflected.
Different types of insulation products can reduce the heat transferred by conduction, convection and radiation to varying degrees. As a result, each provides a different thermal performance and corresponding “R” values. The primary function of reflective insulation is to reduce radiant transfer across open spaces. The low emittance metal surface of Arctic Clad reflective insulation blocks up to 97% of the radiation, and therefore, a significant part of the cool or heat transfer.
This allows us to enjoy our hot cup of coffee away from our homes.
Reflective technology illustrated by a thermos
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Reflective vs. Mass insulation
A foam cup “insulates” a cup of coffee as mass insulation does and attains an actual R-value. The reflective surface of a thermos jug lining keeps liquid hot or cold and insulates the liquid inside.
For example, if you take hot coffee, the heat within a thermos is reflected back inside while the cold outside is reflected away. Like the thermos jug in the illustration, Arctic Clad Insulation reflects and separates “heat” from -60 degrees to +180 degrees without an R-value.
Would you rather drink coffee from a thermos jug or foam cup hours later?
Wrap your home with Arctic Shield instead of Styrofoam.
Why ARCTIC CLAD?
Arctic Clad is not a new technology just one that has now been modified because of the high cost of energy to keep our cool in the summer and heat in the winter.
This technology guarantees you will save 30 – 50 % of the energy you presently use to cool or heat any commercial or residential building.
A Customer’s Review
James Howard
I own a log home; most of us know that log homes self insulate, however log homes are still built on a concrete base and floors are built on this base. I got ARCTIC CLAD installed in the crawlspace of my log home, the first thing I noticed was a warm feeling of radiant heat on my skin and my floors were no longer cold. ARCTIC CLAD not only warmed me and my wife but saved me considerably on the heating costs for my home.
Thank you ARCTIC CLAD!
