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I have a question :
When we draw the relation between insulation in cm and the
thermal resistance obtained we obtain a curve.
For example:
0 cm insulation > 0 thermal resistance
5 cm insulation > x thermal resistance
10cm insulation > 3x thermal resistance
curve starts to slow down...
50 cm insulation > 30x thermal resistance
100 cm insulation > 40x thermal resistance So at some point it is as good as useless to increase the insulation
because it hardly adds up to increased performance.
***The the million dollar question is: At what point (R value) do we reach
'enough' insulation?***
I ask this because other ecological/natural building systems do not offer
R6 (R=m².C/W), but I would like to form an idea on at what point we can say it
is well enough insulated. rather that bluntly stating that SB has the best R
value. (a bit like saying a Ferrari can do 300km an hour, when 100 km an hour is
enough)
I know that some other building systems fonction in a different way
(storing the heat or cold in thick high mass walls for instance) but I'm only
looking to the insulation approach here.
Greetings,
André |