Materials to Make Homes More Energy Efficient
Expandable Polystyrene (EPS) from Styron is used to make insulation for walls, roofs, ceilings and floors in all kinds of buildings.
By improving the energy efficiency of buildings, EPS helps reduce fuel bills as well as greenhouse gases. A well insulated detached one-family house demands only 30% of the heating energy per year that a poorly insulated home requires*.
Because of its excellent insulating properties and light weight, EPS actually saves natural resources during its lifetime.
In fact, for every kilogram of hydrocarbons used to manufacture an EPS insulation board, about 150 kilograms of fuel are saved over its functional lifetime (ca. 50 years) through reduced heating demands*.
Benefits of EPS insulation can include:
- Reduces energy loss
- Saves money by reducing energy bills
- Conserves fossil fuels, reducing need for reliance on foreign sources of oil
- Reduces greenhouse gas emissions
- Retains insulating properties throughout its working life, with no expected decline in insulating value
- Long lifetime in buildings and can be recycled
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- The Continuing Evolution of Polystyrene
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- Improving Fuel Efficiency Where the Rubber Meets the Road
- Lighting the Way to Improved Energy Efficiency
- Smarter Way to Reduce Energy Consumption
- The Power of Garbage-Alternative Energy and Reduced Emissions Through LOMAX Technology
- Styron Reduces Energy Use at Indonesia Polystyrene Plant by 41 percent
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