Earthwool - Exciting New Insulation Material

It is always exciting if a new product enters into a field with a formidable reputation preceding it. From Knauf Insulation, the new entry is earthwool, a new mineral brand of wool insulation. As per reports, it carries with it some improvements over the older mineral wool insulation materials due to its feel, easy handling and the minimal environmental impact.

Also, reports have it that the new product is designed mainly for thermal and acoustical applications. This carries air conditioning ducts, power and process environment, boiler stack installations, metal and masonry walls. Not to be left out are the wall and roof panel systems, curtain web assemblies and cavity wells. 

Features

Concluding several projects, the new material shows excellent thermal efficiency that can lower operating costs. It is lightweight, easy to handle and fabricate. Labor costs are also reduced due to its easy installation.

The emission is low in consideration to indoor air. Regarding acoustics, its excellent properties effectively reduce noise. The facings can also provide a good-looking finished appearance. More important, however, is its capacity as a vapor retardant.

Recycled materials

The new mineral wool is made from recycled glass bottles and is compression-packed to reduce transport emissions. It is also formaldehyde-free because the base is on rapidly-renewable materials instead of other chemicals that are petrol-based.

The resulting material is 70% less energy intensive. It also has no artificial colors or bleach and is comparable to the older glasswool insulation. The design is primarily geared for thermal and acoustical insulation.

It is best for heating the air conditioning ducts, metal walls, masonry walls, power and process equipments, and stack installations. The installations include boilers, as well as walls, roof and wall panel systems, and cavity walls.

Conservation

It is known to be carbon negative, which means that the insulation product recover the energy that it took to produce them in just a few days.

The material also contains sand, one of the world’s most abundant resources with a minimum of 50% recycle content. It reduced its Global Warming Potential (GWP) by around 4% of its carbon footprint.

It has no phenol, formaldehyde, acrylics or artificial colors. As certified by the UL environment for indoor air quality, the product is a low-emitter.

Advantages

The main advantages of the new product is that it is thermally efficient while at the same time is cost-effective. It is not combustible and can reduce unwanted noise from outside sources. It also can limit sound transmission from room to room.

It has a wide range of sizes and R-values and are available for use in wall and ceiling batts. The main advantage of earthwool is its being thermally efficient while being cost-effective in the overall expenses for energy.

Aside from being non-combustible, it can also reduce unwanted noise from outside the house (or building) and can limit the transmission of sound from one place to another.

If there is a need for vapor retarders, the penetration and facing damage shall be repaired with tapes or mastic. Earthwool as the new mineral wool looks like it is here to stay.