Building a New Home?
Insulate with ARCTIC Shield Aerospace insulation for residential and commercial installations
If you are planning to build a new home then this page is for you.
We all know that our concrete floors are cold in the winter. Arctic Shield gets installed first with the pouring of your new home’s foundation. This is done by installing Arctic Shield prior to the pouring of the cement foundation. After the forms are made, Styrofoam is placed on the forms and following that the cement foundation is poured. Arctic Shield is then placed underneath the foam board prior to pouring the concrete.
Arctic Shield is a dual sided reflective insulation that reflects the cold away from the cement foundation. Made of 99.5 % aluminum, Arctic Shield is highly polished and will warm up the floors by 6 – 12 degrees celsius.
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Arctic Shield for Walls
When building a new home Arctic shield works in conjunction with the R12 that is placed inside your walls. Installation time is when the home is ready for insulation prior to dry walling. Arctic Shield is wrapped around open cavity walls towards the outside of the home or buildings construction, as this places the dew point on the outside of the wall.
Installing Arctic Shield in Walls during construction
Arctic Shield will never need replacing in the walls of your new home, and will reflect 97% of the cold away from your home. Also, because Arctic Shield is dual sided, it will also reflect both the heat and cool directly back into your home.
Arctic Shield for your new homes Attic
After the first two steps above have been completed, it’s time to do the attic! Arctic Shield will then be placed over any insulation that has been placed in the attic. By enveloping your new home in Arctic Shield you will increase the effectiveness of traditional insulation and it will never have to be replaced.
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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 Shield reflects this cool and heat, transferring it back into the area it is meant to keep cool or warm.
Arctic Shield is a spin off from Space Age Technology; these types of materials are used by NASA in their space suits and spacecrafts 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 summertime our homes and buildings absorb the sun’s rays and heat up our living areas which we utilize air conditioning to keep this area acceptable. Arctic Shield 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 diagram). Arctic Clad is the only reinforced commercial, residential breathable 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 Arctic Shield Works in Summer and Winter
