Eco Tec for Commercial Builders
Insulating with Icynene® will make you the builder of choice.
Icynene® insulated homes and buildings deliver a healthier, quieter and more energy efficient environment.
As a builder today, you face new challenges that didn’t exist when conventional insulation was developed. Consumers are changing their purchasing decisions because they are aware that the choices they make will impact energy consumption, energy savings, and indoor environmental quality. They are also changing the way they think about insulation. New programs and incentives have been developed that reward homeowners who reduce the impact on energy reserves and our environment. As a result, they are looking for insulation and other building materials that will help them achieve a healthier and more energy efficient living environment.
Used in over 100,000 building projects, Icynene® has a proven track record for delivering profitable, high-performance solutions that give Builders a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
Because it is a proven insulation that delivers all the benefits your clients demand, Icynene® is a sustainable insulation and air barrier system that allows your clients to save money on monthly utility bills and maintenance expenses, provide better indoor air quality and gain a sense of well-being in knowing that their building has a reduced impact on our environment.
Interrelated Building Components
Eco Tec Insulation believes in a systems approach to construction, meaning that building components are interrelated and affect one another. Part of the problem we have seen in recent years with increased amounts of moisture damage and mold growth in our buildings is due to a lack of understanding about how the various components that make up a house are interrelated. In the last 20-30 years we have seen increased tightness of buildings , improvements in the efficiency of windows, increased use of thermal insulation, and an increase in the use of forced air heating and cooling systems. These individual advances have evolved over time and were eventually incorporated into the construction of our buildings.
Icynene®, in conjunction with various building science experts, has spent a great deal of time investigating the interrelationship of building components and has come up with a series of climate specific recommendations that will truly give you a Healthier, Quieter, More Energy Efficient® buildings. Eco Tec Insulation has been actively encouraging the use of these recommendations in and around the Chicagoland area since our inception, and has a great deal of success and experience with high performance building.
R-value Over Time
Icynene® foam is inert. It does not shrink, sag, settle, slip, turn to dust or decline in R-value over time. It offers no food value to bacteria, fungus, termites, carpenter ants or rodents. It has been used successfully in residential and commercial buildings across North America for over ten years and has been evaluated and approved for use in both the United States and Canada.
Icynene® insulates and effectively air seals a building at the same time. Its performance is less installation sensitive than factory manufactured insulation materials. It is an effective “breathing” air barrier that can adjust to movement and maintain a seal against energy-robbing air leakage for the life of your building. Convective air movement inside wall cavities is virtually eliminated, providing more uniform temperatures throughout your building. The result is superior quality construction, with higher comfort levels at lower thermostat settings, and lower heating and cooling costs. Energy savings vary depending on building design and location.
Icynene® is applied by spraying liquid components onto an open wall or ceiling surface. There they expand 100:1 in just seconds to provide a flexible foam blanket of millions of tiny air cells, filling building cavities and sealing cracks and crevices in the process. It adheres to virtually all surfaces, sealing out air infiltration. Excess material is easily trimmed off, leaving a surface ready for drywall or other finish.
