The Power-Save Sky Cool Radiant Barrier
Radiant barriers are installed in homes—most commonly in attics—to reduce summer heat gain and winter heat loss, which helps lower heating and cooling costs. The barriers consist of a highly reflective material that reflects radiant heat rather than absorbing it.
How Radiant Barriers Work
Heat travels from a warm area to a cool area by a combination of conduction, convection, and radiation. Heat flows by conduction from a hotter material to a colder material when the two materials touch. Heat transfer by convection occurs when a liquid or gas is heated, becomes less dense, and rises. Radiant heat travels in a straight line away from the hot surface and heats anything solid as the wave of energy hits it.
When the sun heats a roof, it's primarily the sun's radiant energy that makes the roof hot. A large portion of this heat travels by conduction through the roofing materials to the attic side of the roof. The hot roof material then radiates its gained heat energy into the cooler attic (some of the roof's heat will radiate in other directions too). A radiant barrier reduces the radiant heat transfer from the roof to the attic space.
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The Power-Save Sky Cool Radiant Barrier
• Fiberglass re-inforced (perforated) aluminum foil
insulation
• Fire retardant
• Reflects 95% of radiation heat
• Perforated aluminum foil radiant barrier to
eliminating sweating
• Use for attics, roof and walls
• Easily stapled into place in attic on ceiling joists
or rafters, sealed with aluminum tape.
• Adhesion Good on clean and dry surface
• No Discoloration Resistance Excellent resistance to
water, water vapor, oxidation and weathering.
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Only $129 per roll (4' x 125')!
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Check Out this Compelling Power-Save Radiant Barrier Demonstration! With a Power-Save 1200 and Power-Save Radiant Barrier you could Save up to 35% on your Electric Bill!
The hot box above is a representation of an attic with Power-Save Radiant Barrier installed. The hot box shows the temperature difference between a homes attic with and without radiant barrier, using infra-red heat lamps.
Left Side: The left side shows a laid down radiant barrier with unfaced R-19 fiberglass insulation. The thermometer reads 93.2 degrees F.
Right Side: The right side shows unfaced R-19 fiberglass insulation only. Its thermometer reads 152.5 degrees F.
There is a difference of 59.3 degrees F between the two sides. This difference is due to the Power-Save Radiant Barrier's ability to reflect radiant heat away from the insulation!
The numbers above were arrived at after a six hour period with an ambient air temperature average of 84 degrees.
NOTE: Both sides reached their steady state after only one half hour.
