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Jimmy R. Johnson of Crown Builders & Development, Inc. (September 20, 2001)

"I have recently finished a 4,000 square foot commercial building in Grayson, Georgia, for Mr. and Mrs.******. The initial calculations for the HVAC was for 12 tons of air conditioning. After the Prodex was added to the construction requirements and the 14.5 R Value added to the wall calculations, it was determined that the building could be cooled with only 9 tons. This significant savings more than paid for the cost of the Prodex and the installation costs."

Ronald Hovey of H. Construction (October 2, 2001)

"After years in the metal building business we have finally discovered a product that out-performs other products like "fiberglass insulation" and is 100% waterproof, has a 19DB sound rating, Class A-1 fire rating and has no fibers to make your life miserabley unhealthy. Prodex is a lightweight product that is easy to install and that is extremely durable. Because Prodex out-performs fiberglass in every way, we would gladly recommend this material to anyone in the metal building industry."

Glenn Langan, Gulf Power

"Prodex is a product that has emerged in the building community as a "new" radiant barrier with many uses. It is being promoted for use in the walls and attic. Prodex has been installed in the walls and attic of a home built by Wyatt, Inc. in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida.

Data loggers were placed in this test house as well as a second control house. The two houses of similar size were built using vinyl siding with R-13 fiberglass batts in the walls and R-38 blown fierglass in the attic. The test house used Prodex High R Insulation in addition to the standard insulation package and was applied both in the walls as a house wrap (in lieu of Tyvek) and under the rafters as an attic radiant barrier.

The air conditioners were set at 72 degrees in both houses and all other appliances were turned off. Electric meter readings were taken to measure energy used by each house. The 17-day test time from was very short, and the weather was unflortunately mild with daily highs and lows ranging from 84 degrees to 46 degrees. The average temperature was 66 degrees.

The Prodex house maintained an average temperature of 69.8 degrees and 49.8 relative humidity The control house maintained an average temperature of 69.2 degrees and 40.2 relative humidity. The house with Prodex High R Insulation had power usage of 130 kilowatt-hours, while the control house had usage of 283 kilowatt-hours over the same 17-day period. Although the conditions for testing were not ideal and far from the normal scientific methodology, the results appear to be in line with other radiant barrier tests.

While Gulf Power does not endorse any particular brand of radiant barrier material, we do recognize the potential energy savings benefits of radiant barrier systems in Northwest Florida. We suggest that you look for a few common-sense characteristics when comparing different radiant barrier brands:

• Emissivity (the lower the better)
• Fire rating (as required by building codes)
• Ease of handling

• Strength of reinforcement
• Width appropriate for installation"

Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) and Florida Power Corporations (FPC)
Residential Monitoring Project: New Technology
Development --- Radiant Barrier Pilot Project
D.S. Parker, J.R. Sherwin & M.T. Anello

Excerpted:
"Based on our findings, we recommend that radiant barrier systems be considered for homes with shingle roofs both in Florida Power Corporation (FPC)'s Home Energy Improvement program as well as emphasized in Florida Product Corporation (FPC)'s new homes program where installations would be most cost effective.

Properly installed radiant barriers have an effective R Value of around 11 on the energy consumption. Perhaps, much more importantly, the effect on the avoided cooling load (demand) is more than three times as great than what you'd expect from that much insulation. Therefore, Prodex High R has an effective R Value, based on the above statement, of R-33.

The radiant barrier can significantly lower summer heat transfer to the attic insulation and to the cooling duct system.

The dominant heat transfer mechanism in an attic is radiation. "Florida Solar Energy Conservation (FSEC) has measured and reported that radiant barriers can reduce heat gain through R-19 insulated ceilings by over 40 percent."

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