Posts Tagged ‘thermal’

UltraTouch

Bonded Logic, Inc., makes insulation out of recycled blue jeans. UltraTouch is a Class-A building material made from postindustrial recycled natural cotton/denim fibers that are treated with a Borate (boric acid) solution. UltraTouch meets the highest standards for fire, fungi, and corrosion resistance. UltraTouch...

August 27th, 2009 | fiber | Read More

Light-Emitting Roof Tiles

The roof has historically focused on one primary function: keeping out the elements. New technologies, as present in Light-Emitting Roof Tiles, allow the integration of additional functions within roof surfaces. Manufactured by Lambert Kamps, the transparent roof tiles are integrated light-emitting diodes...

October 14th, 2007 | light | Read More

Interactive Inks

Founded in 1993, Chromatic Technologies, Inc. is a privately held corporation that creates offset, flexographic, and screen inks which change color with heat and cold (thermochromic) or sunlight and darkness (photochromic). CTI was the first to develop a thermochromic offset ink and holds several U.S....

April 3rd, 2006 | paint | Read More

IQ Glass

Spaces clad primarily in glass are often poorly insulated and uncomfortably cold during winter months. Condensation is also a problem when single-pane glass encounters a large temperature differential. Although glass technology has improved considerably, the low surface temperature of traditional glass...

March 1st, 2006 | glass | Read More

Vacuum Insulation Panels

Cars and homes have at least one thing in common: they consume energy in the form of oil or gas. Energy-efficient vehicles typically make use of lightweight materials and improved engine technologies, and soon home builders will also need to pay greater attention to environmental concerns in their designs....

February 13th, 2006 | feature, mineral | Read More

T-OPAL

Our longing for summer and sunshine has not been answered too often this year. But no sooner do the sun’s rays make their way through the clouds, complaints abound about the heat and dazzling light this generates in our modern glass buildings. Venetian blinds, shutter blinds and curtains are rolled...

January 7th, 2006 | glass | Read More

Reapor

Insulation materials used for sound insulation, as thermal cladding and in fire prevention play an important role in modern building. Ever since asbestos and a number of other building materials were identified as hazardous, demand has continually grown for non-fibrous building materials that do not...

November 5th, 2005 | glass | Read More