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Our Wall System Creates Highly Energy Efficient Green Buildings.
Our unique wall system is a "sandwich panel", the core of which is an insulated foam board. We spray a wet mix of concrete directly on the face of the insulation panels. It is highly durable, sound proof, fire resistant, and reduces the costs for heating and air conditioning dramatically.
Our system provides an R-value (a measure of thermal resistance) of R-40 versus the average of only R-13 in other buildings. Our system vasly exceeds the insulation properties required by modern energy building codes. According to the Department of Energy, heating and cooling accounts for the vast majority of building energy consumption - from 40 to 60% of a home's energy needs. Therefore, our wall system can dramatically reduce a home or business's energy expenses. In addition, tax incentives, utilities incentives, and green financing options can amount to thousands of dollars for homeowners and hundreds of thousands of dollars to businesses.
Furthermore, our wall system has comparable costs to conventional building techniques and is flexible enough to replicate the exterior look of most conventional techniques such as brick.
Our wall system working in conjunction with solar and wind power generators puts the dream of a zero-net-energy building within reach of homeowners and small businesses.
Thermal Imaging Study
Our Wall System has a fraction of the heat loss found in other construction methods.
One of the most dramatic ways to demonstrate our wall system's superior insulating properties versus conventional methods is through thermal imaging. The below images show a wall compared with a thermal image of the same wall. They were taken with an outside temperature of between 18 and 24 degrees F. Indoor temperatures were between 60 and 70 degrees F. As you can see, the least heat escapes from our wall system, which has by far the lowest wall temperature when compared to masonry, precast concrete, and steel construction walls. Also notice that our wall system has dramatically less heat loss at the foundation and roof lines. We have found similar results in warm temperatures as well.
OUR WALL SYSTEM
PRECAST CONCRETE
MASONRY WALL
STEEL WALL
Wall Temp: 24.8
Roof Line: 25.5
Foundation Line: 25.3
Wall Temp: 31.5
Roof Line: above 66.1
Foundation Line: 65.2
Wall Temp: 34.2
Roof Line: 38.5
Foundation Line: 37.7
Wall Temp: 40.7
Roof Line: 68.2
Foundation Line: 70.2
Temperature Study Our Wall System maintains a comfortable interior temperature even without heating or air conditioning.
Another striking example of the energy efficiency of our buildings is
the Roman, Inc. Distribution Center. This 475,000 square foot structure
has no
main heating or cooling system whatsoever. Yet, in the cold Chicago
winter, this highly energy efficient unheated green building maintains a
comfortable 68-72 degree F interior temperature. Notice how little the
fluctuations in exterior temperature affects the interior building
temperature.
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Energy Efficient Building Systems By Solar Crete PO Box 669, Huntley, IL 60142 (815) 923-2553