Questions & answers about Energy Guard
The Energy Doctor can help reduce your energy costs by 20 to 40 percent.
How?
By placing our Energy Guard product in your home or building. It will improve the comfort of your home or building by making your current insulation more efficient.
How does it work?
Energy Guard is a space blanket. It reduces heat transfer in both summer and winter. Unlike mass insulation which slows down heat transfer, Energy Guard reflects heat. To stop radiant heat, you must reflect it with Energy Guard.
How will Energy Guard keep me warmer in the winter?
Just like wrapping a baked potato is aluminum foil keeps a potato warm longer by holding the heat in, covering your attic insulation with Energy Guard holds the heat in the house.
Another analogy would be that Energy Guard in the winter works just like a space blanket, which, although very thin and lightweight, holds your body heat in. A thin space blanket can keep you warmer than several heavy blankets.
OK, if Energy Guard keeps heat in during the winter, how can it keep it out in the summer?
Energy Guard reflects the sun's heat before it can warm up the insulation in your attic. When the insulation stays cooler, your house stays cooler.
Energy Guard works like the astronaut's reflective suit which protects him from both heat and cold.
Will Energy Guard make my attic hotter in the summer?
No. In fact, research has confirmed that summertime attic temperatures will be much cooler with Energy Guard in place.
Do I have to take my old insulation out before installing Energy Guard?
No. Energy Guard actually makes your preesnt insulation more effective.
I already have plenty of insulation in my attic. Do I really need Energy Guard?
Regardless of how much insulation you have in your attic, adding Energy Guard will save on your heating and cooling expenses, and keep you much more comfortable. Energy savings in many homes for heating and cooling can range from 20 to 40 percent depending on a number of factors, including climate, building configuration, materials used, site, family size and lifestyle.
Has Energy Guard been tested by a qualified independent laboratory or government agency?
The Florida Solar Energy Center at Cape Canaveral has tested this in both small-scale laboratories and in full-scaled building models.
Their results indicate that Energy Guard can provide significant resistance to heat transfer.
Tests conducted by the Tennessee Valley Authority, Oak Ridge Laboratories in Tennessee and the University of Mississippi support the findings from the Florida Solar Energy Center.
Northeastern Illinois University conducted winter tests in residential and commercial structures using infrared thermograph photography. The photos showed significant resistance to heat transfer over regular insulation.
Where do you install Energy Guard?
Energy Guard can be laid over your present insulation like a blanket or stapled under rafters and in crawl spaces. With Energy Guard the furnace and sun's heat bounces back - it does not penetrate the reflective surface.
If I lay Energy Guard on my regular insulation will it cause a moisture problem?
No. The tiny holes in Energy Guard allow moisture to escape from your regular insulation.
Energy Guard will:
Reduce heating and cooling costs
Increase comfort levels
Keep heat in during the winter
Keep heat out in the summer
Energy Guard
reflects up to
97%
of all radiant energy
Energy Guard Specifcations
For Use In:
1) An energy blanket in attics in addition to regular mass insulation.
2) An energy blanket under floors and in crawl spaces.
3) An energy blanket in metal buildings and barrel truss roofs to reduce the effects of heat gain.
Construction:
Reinforced polymer flim sandwiches between two layers of aluminum.
Fire rating:
NFPA Class A - UBC Class 1
Meets federal specifications HH-1252B
Reflectance:
Up to 97% ASTM-E-408
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Keith Brake
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