High-Performance Thermal Insulation for Building Envelope Construction

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In recent times, concerns over global warming and climate change have been influencing every aspect of our day-to-day activities, and built environment is no exception. Buildings consume up to about 40% of our total national energy demand and Canada has one of the highest per-capita energy consumption in the world. The most cost-effective way to enhance the energy efficiency of built environment is the addition of thermal insulation in exterior building envelopes. Quite naturally, the newly updated National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings (NECB) and various green building rating systems (LEED, Net-Zero etc.) are promoting increased use of thermal insulations in exterior building envelope constructions. Consequently these developments are providing fresh impetus to the research on high-performance and environment-friendly thermal insulations.