Re: Is this product, Nansulate, legit?
Posted: Tue 10 Feb 2009, 23:09:35
Check Out New Thermal Testing Data (Official Lab):
All below taken from company website:
http://www.nansulate.com/thermal_insulation_data.htm
Laboratory Testing
Standard Test Method for Steady-State Thermal Performance of Building Assemblies
(UNI EN ISO 8990:1999 - similar to ASTM C236)
Description: Two wall samples are tested according to test standards for a variety of thermal measurements including thermal flow, thermal conductance and thermal resistance. The sample sizes are 120x120x10 cm (approx. 4 ft x 4 ft x 0.3 ft) and they are tested at a mean temperature of 15 deg. C (59 deg. F). One wall sample is non treated, meaning it is plaster + normal water-based paint. The other wall sample is plaster + 3 coats of Nansulate® translucent coating.
Testing was done by the accredited laboratory Istituto di Richerche E Collaudi - a certifying body for the Italian Government.
http://www.istitutomasini.it/eng/1/index.aspx?i=41
Results:
Thermal flow, measured in watts, through the wall section coated with Nansulate® was reduced by 34.80%
Thermal resistance (1/U), measured in m2*k*w1, of the wall section coated with Nansulate® was increased by 28.98%
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p.s. The person here who accepted my offer to test the product (on my dime) went AWOL. It was a good thought, though. Traded some private messages to get the ball rolling, then he disappeared. Hope things are Ok; tough times are common lately it seems.
All below taken from company website:
http://www.nansulate.com/thermal_insulation_data.htm
Laboratory Testing
Standard Test Method for Steady-State Thermal Performance of Building Assemblies
(UNI EN ISO 8990:1999 - similar to ASTM C236)
Description: Two wall samples are tested according to test standards for a variety of thermal measurements including thermal flow, thermal conductance and thermal resistance. The sample sizes are 120x120x10 cm (approx. 4 ft x 4 ft x 0.3 ft) and they are tested at a mean temperature of 15 deg. C (59 deg. F). One wall sample is non treated, meaning it is plaster + normal water-based paint. The other wall sample is plaster + 3 coats of Nansulate® translucent coating.
Testing was done by the accredited laboratory Istituto di Richerche E Collaudi - a certifying body for the Italian Government.
http://www.istitutomasini.it/eng/1/index.aspx?i=41
Results:
Thermal flow, measured in watts, through the wall section coated with Nansulate® was reduced by 34.80%
Thermal resistance (1/U), measured in m2*k*w1, of the wall section coated with Nansulate® was increased by 28.98%
----------------------------
p.s. The person here who accepted my offer to test the product (on my dime) went AWOL. It was a good thought, though. Traded some private messages to get the ball rolling, then he disappeared. Hope things are Ok; tough times are common lately it seems.