[BLDG-SIM] blown-in cellulose vs batt insulation

Jeff Haberl jeffhaberl at tees.tamus.edu
Sun Jun 24 18:10:43 PDT 2007


FYI. 

There are also the PhD Theses by Sovik Bhattachara and Mingshing Liu from Texas A&M, both of these have one or more ASHRAE papers, and are based on laboratory results. Also, Joe Lstiburek has been studying this issue...and may have some reports as well. Bottom line, the "effective u-value" can vary significantly, and is influenced building pressureization/depressurization, mode (heat or cool), and exposure to incident solar radiation. 

Jeff
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Subject: [BLDG-SIM] blown-in cellulose vs batt insulation

Hi all, 

Does anyone know of published measured data comparing infiltration rates with batt versus wet blown-in cellulose insulation in a stud cavity?  I have one study by David Yuill that was very informative, but I'd like to find some additional sources. 

Thanks, 
Aleka 

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