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Attic Insulation  Insulation should be the first line of attack when considering ways to improve the energy performance of your home. By adding extra insulation of around 250 mm in your attic reduces the heat lost through the ceiling by as much as 25%. Adding another layer of insulation (e.g., rock wool, hemp or sheep's wool) rolled out across the joists) would reduce the heat loss through the roof and would provide a thermal performance of around 0.16 W/m2K and help reduce your overall energy consumption. Insulate Primary Pipe work By not having any insulation on the hot water primary pipe work between your boiler and the hot water cylinder, will increase the recovery time to reheat the hot water in the cylinder after use, costing you €€€’s over the life span of the cylinder. By adding insulation to this pipe work you will decrease and improve the recovery time and the overall performance of your hot water system saving you on energy costs. Water Jacket Insulation Increase your insulation on your hot water cylinder to 50 mm by using an additional/new jacket will halve the heat losses from the cylinder. A factory fitted insulated cylinder is more effective than a cylinder jacket. Cavity Insulation By insulating your walls with full fill cavity wall insulation comprising high density bead would provide similar levels of insulation (0.27W/m2K) instead of partial fill insulation board with thermal dry lining (0.26W/m2K). Full fill cavity wall insulation with thermal dry lining has an insulating u-value of around 0.21W/m2K. Full fill cavity wall insulation has a similar cost to installing partial fill insulation board and could allow savings at no extra cost when installing on a new build. Insulated Dry-lining on External Walls By installing insulated dry lining panels to the inside of your external walls could reduce the heat loss from the walls by between 50 to 60%. Depending on the size of your house installation costs will vary but if your house is poorly insulated you could improve the thermal performance of your house by as much as 30%. If the existing walls are poorly insulated, payback can be around 4 years. Installing insulated dry lining will cause some disruption to the house and may be best suiyed if you are planning to renovate. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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