India Insulation Forum

Preaching the Power of Insulation

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Agenda

• India Insulation Forum (IIF)

• Insulation & It’s benefits

• Insulation Materials

• Scope of Insulation in Buildings & ECBC Recommendations

• Various Insulation Application Methods

• Challenges

• Recommendations

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India Insulation Forum (IIF)

• BEE and IPUA (India Polyurethane Association) have

collaborated the establishment of "India Insulation Forum (IIF)“
in 2013. The objective of IIF is to enhance awareness of using
thermal insulation in building envelope and cold chain industry
for energy conservation.
• IIF also coordinate advocacy activities with Government
bodies & nodal agencies.
• IIF is proposed to be represented by reputed companies
making different insulation materials used for energy efficiency
in Buildings.
• The IIF membership is open to all concerned with building
insulation, beginning with raw material suppliers, processors &
applicators, builders & contractors, architects, regulators and
end users.
Content

Your partner to
increase your
value
1. Stakeholder
Awareness
2. Training of Applicators
3. Testing of Insulation
Materials.
Comprehensive Delivery

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Members of the IIF
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Applicator Orientation

• Applicator Training Manual - a comprehensive document

targeting the weakest link in the value chain. TRAINING MANUAL
• First of its kind in India
• Scope on ECBC context
• Aimed at enhancing the appreciation of building energy efficiency
through technical insulation

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Modern society expectation

COLD & CHILLING

WINTER 0-40C
Value for Investment

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Is it only Comfort ?

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Is it only Comfort ?

• Cleaner air, better health

• Security of energy supply

• Reduce global warming

• Reduce energy costs

• International competitiveness

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Energy Efficiency – The Largest Fuel

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What is Thermal Insulation
Thermal Insulation is an effort /method/application to
Stop the unwanted heat coming in
Or
Stop the useful heat going out

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 Heat Load Components

Composite Climate (New Delhi) Summer Heat Flow (May)

Weather Conditions
Roof: 31%
Temperature Min.: 18.7oC, Max.: 42.6oC,
Avg.: ~32oC
Wall: 32%
Relative Min.: 13%, Max.: 97%, Avg.:
Humidity ~50%
Windows:
31% Net heat flow per unit area

Roof (15 m2) 24.6 kWh/m2

Wall (47.6 m2) 8.1 kWh/m2

Infiltration: 6%
Window (8.4 m2) 43.3 kWh/m2
*Direct heat gain
from windows not Infiltration (based on 5.0 kWh/m2
accounted floor area 15 m2)
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What Thermal Insulation Can do

• Creates an envelope outside the building

• Stop heat / cold ingress from outside

• Maintains at least 8-9 degrees temp. difference

• Maintains controlled temp. for longer periods

• Human comfort

• High Quality of Life

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 Impact of Insulation

Composite Climate (New Delhi) Summer: Heat in-flow (May)

• Business-as-usual construction • ECBC compliant roof & wall

• Roof U-value: 4.2 W/m2.K • Roof U-value: 0.261 W/m2.K
• Wall U-value: 2.1 W/m2.K • Wall U-value: 0.44 W/m2.K
Roof: 24.6 kWh/m2 Roof: 2.1 kWh/m2

Wall: 2.3
Wall: 8.1
kWh/m2
kWh/m2

Reduction in heat in-flow through roof ∼ 90%

Reduction in heat in-flow through walls ∼ 70%
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 Impact of Roof & Wall Insulation
• Typical summer day in Composite climate (Delhi)
• With a 50mm Envelop insulation.

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 What Thermal Insulation can do

Typical hot summer roof situation

DAYTIME TEMP. (DEG.C)

AMBIENT WORKING FLOOR INSULATED ROOF FLOOR

WORKING
10 AM -12 PM 39 35 30
12 PM - 2 PM 41 37 32
2 PM - 4 PM 41 37 32
4 PM - 6 PM 40 36 31

Normal building with 150mm RCC, Water Proofed, Brick Wall Insulation : 50-75mm

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Insulation Benefits
People, Planet, Profit

• Stop heat / cold ingress from

outside
• Effective insulation lowers • Human Comfort –
• Saves on fossil fuel heating or cooling bills,
• Reduces emission of GHG. improves the efficiency of
thus no longer being occupier/user.
• Lower energy losses; avoid affected by rising energy
the danger of oversized costs • Provides fungus-free and
heating or cooling systems microbe-free healthier
• Maintains controlled temp. environ, due to absence of
that works hard to for longer periods.
compensate for the heat or cold walls
cold losses through the
building envelope.

Economical Social
Environmental
 Insulation Materials – ECBC Context

Fibrous Rigid Flexible*

Rockwool Insulation Rigid polyurethane foam Nitrile Rubber
Glass wool Insulation Rigid Poly Isocyanurate foam Cross linked polyethylene
Sprayed rigid polyurethane foam Expanded polyethylene
Extruded polystyrene foam
Expanded polystyrene foam
Phenolic foam

*Flexible Insulation: They are non-fibrous rubber or thermoplastic material in nature which are easily
shaped to any design or geometry and predominantly used in HVAC.

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Scope of Building Insulations

• Roof Insulation Underdeck

Overdeck

• Wall Insulation External

Internal
Sandwich Wall/Cavity Wall

• Floor Insulation*
(In Cold Climatic Conditions)

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 Climatic Zone Map of India

Hot and Dry

- Jaisalmer, Jodhpur and Sholapur

Warm and Humid

- Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata
Composite
- Delhi, Kanpur, Allahabad

Moderate
- Pune and Bangalore
Cold
- Leh, Shimla, Shillong

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Roof Assembly - ECBC

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Wall Assembly - ECBC

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Insulation Application Mannal

For Buildings

• A well drafted document for understanding various application

methods of Thermal Insulation in a Building

• Document describes the application procedure in detailed steps

• Application sketches & photographs are included

• Insulation material properties tabled

• [Link]

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Building Insulation Applications

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Overdeck Insulation

Sprayed Rigid Foam Application

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Overdeck Insulation

Mineralwool Slabs

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Underdeck Insulation

Mineralwool Application

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Cavity Wall Construction

Rigid Board Application Spray Application

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Cavity Wall Insulation -

Spray Application - PU

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Cavity Wall Insulation

Mineralwool XPS EPS

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External Wall Insulation - Facades
Aluminium Cladding

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External Wall Insulation - Facades

Stone Cladding

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External Wall - ETICS

External Thermal Insulation Composite System

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External Wall – Spray Application

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Internal Wall - Mineralwool

Internal Wall Insulation with Mineralwool

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Internal Wall - Partition

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 Typical Industrial Practice

• Part of civil contract

• Last item in building construction

• Usually no approved list of manufacturers & applicator or turnkey

• Insulation usually not considered a specialized activity

• Sometimes material purchased and applied by civil masons

• Not properly stored at site leading to damages

• Unqualified contractors do the insulation job -→ specs. not followed. Job

given to water proofing contractors.

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Typical Industrial Practice

• Last minute order finalization

• Payment issues

• Financial pressure of civil contractor – budget constraint

• Time pressure to availability and completion → specs compromise

• Work quantity reduced or even short closed contract.

• Financial loss to insulation vendor

• Pull factor missing

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 Remedial Recomendations

• Most Preferred: Insulation to be made mandatory, highlighting

benefits
• Sufficient time to be provided for job execution
• Client / authority to ensure no reduction in scope quantity.
• Sample testing mandatory from authorized labs.
• Municipality clearance only after completion of insulation work.
• Follow global practice.

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