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Upper Sandusky High School Case Study
...There was no heat from the boilers and a single 50K BTU propane heater was used in the gym during the power outage... The temperature held with very little drop in temperature (less than 10 degrees) starting about 72 degrees despite the fact that outside temperature never exceeded 28 degrees during the 5 day period.
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Air Krete: Foam Without Plastics
From Volume 6, No.7 -July/August 1997
This article was originally published in Environmental Building News, the
leading newsletter on environmentally responsible design and construction. .... 2x4-framed wall filled with air krete insulation has passed a 2-hour
firestopping test. Anecdotal evidence seems to confirm this claim. One
section of an old barn in Acworth, New Hampshire was converted to living
space and insulated with air krete. A severe fire subsequently gutted living space, but the rest of the barn was saved. The building's owner and
local fire officials credit air krete in the walls separating the barn from the
residence for the building's survival. Air krete has also been used to retrofit
party walls with inadequate fire-stopping characteristics in some New York
City apartments and has been unofficially credited with preventing a fire from
spreading there as well, according to Zori. Read More (pdf)
Home Owner Billy Day - Alaska
... My name is Billy Day. I'm Sandy's husband. I was home and asleep when the fire started. It burned 1/3 of our roof off. The roof is a third story, 28' diameter, 16 faceted Chinaman's Cap with vents at the soffit and at the peak which provide for ventilation. It's the perfect shape for a pyre. 3 X 12 spruce beams provide the support. During the blaze, the 3X12s burned nearly completely through above the air krete insulation. I definitely believe that the fire break that the air krete provides is what prevented the collapse of the roof into the living space and allowed me the time to put out the blaze. Read more (pdf)
Tinora High School/Middle School Complex - Northeastern Local Schools
...Air Krete masonary wall insulation helped reduce natural gas used by 32%. Read more (pdf)
Ayersville Local Schools - District Complex - Ohio
...Air Krete masonary wall insulation - Swimming pool walls (only) delivered a 20.7% savings in the districts total natural gas use. Read more (pdf)
Home Owner Robert Hann - Romeo
MI
In the 99/00 heating season I realized a 26% reduction
in consumption over the prior year. Read more (pdf)
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