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Rafael Molina – Customer Video Testimonial
Rafael Molina has a new ThermaDeck System on his home.
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Building Practices to Mull Over for New Homes
Building Practices to Mull Over for New Homes All too often HVAC ducts are in an attic, and the ducts are poorly insulated and are not well sealed so they leak conditioned air into the attic. Simulation results indicate that … Continue reading
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Winter Field Tests of the Prototype Roof and Attics
Winter Field Tests of the Prototype Roof and Attics During winter nights, field data revealed that night sky temperatures were much lower than the surface temperatures of the test roof systems, a situation that drives radiation heat loss to the … Continue reading
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New Roof System Keeps Attics Cool – Press Release
Contact: Billy Ellis FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Billy Ellis Roofing 817-690-3019 billy@billyellisroofing.net NEW ROOF SYSTEM KEEPS ATTICS COOL A Prototype Roof Deck Designed to Self-Regulate Deck Temperature And Reduce Heat Transfer Forty percent of the primary energy used in a single-family … Continue reading
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Prototype Insulated and Ventilated Roof Deck Cools the Entire Roof System
Prototype Insulated and Ventilated Roof Deck Cools the Entire Roof System A new roof system design is being studied that is usable with almost all roofing products. The heart of the design is a profiled and foil-faced expanded polystyrene … Continue reading
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Research in Energy Efficient Homes is Paramount
Research in Energy Efficient Homes is Paramount Single-family homes currently consume 17 quads [quadrillion (1015 Btu)] with about 40 percent of the primary energy (6.8 quads) used for space heating and cooling of the residence [1]. Retrofitting inefficient homes already … Continue reading
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A Prototype Roof Deck Designed to Self-Regulate Deck Temperature and Reduce Heat Transfer
A Prototype Roof Deck Designed to Self-Regulate Deck Temperature and Reduce Heat Transfer William (Bill) Miller, Ph.D. Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge, TN, USA Stan Atherton and Russell Graves University of Tennessee MABE Department Knoxville, TN, USA Billy Ellis … Continue reading
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Will Ventilating the Attic Keep Your Attic Cool?
Will ventilating the attic keep your attic cool? Let me ask you a question. Can you cool your oven by opening the door? Yes, but it would be much better if you first turned your oven off. Now opening the … Continue reading
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USA Science & Engineering Expo
Brenton Mastronardi, C.O.O. of Billy Ellis Roofing, shares ThermaDeck with science enthusiasts in Washington, D.C. Billy Ellis Roofing was invited by the U.S. Department of Energy to show the ThermaDeck technology, as an emergent and new energy-efficient technology for homes … Continue reading
