Cut Summer Energy Costs with a Radiant Barrier
Warmer weather is just around the corner, but there’s a way to help keep rising energy costs from driving your air conditioning bills skyward.
Radiant barriers have been proven to be an effective method for helping to maintain energy costs at their lowest possible level by reducing winter heat loss and summer heat gain.
As your roof heats up during the summer, heat radiates from the roof surface. Some of that radiant heat is transferred to the air inside your attic or the air space between your ceiling and the roof, heating the air in that chamber. If your air conditioning ducts are in the attic, reducing the attic’s air temperature will also cut down on the heat gain in your air conditioning ducts.
Insulation traps air, providing a barrier that goes a long way toward keeping the hot attic air from radiating into the living spaces of your home. Radiant barriers work with insulation, but in a different way. Radiant barriers reflect hot air away from the living space.
Your greatest energy savings can come from combining both insulation and radiant barriers.
The reflective material on a radiant barrier is generally a thin film of aluminum bonded to a paper, plastic or cardboard substrate and comes in rolls or sheets.
To find more about out the effectiveness of radiant barriers, contact Fi-Foil at 1-800-448-3401.