Significance of the Study

This study will be undertaken to evaluate the commonly used

materials (extruded polystyrene board, cork board, and plaster

board) as thermal insulators and also to determine if there is a

significant difference among the potential of each material to

reduce heat transfer. Moreover, it would be beneficial to the

different persons involved in the community:

To the household, this study will make every homeowner to

become knowledgeable about the usage of thermal insulation

materials, thus, it could help them to lessen the burden in

choosing what material to be used.

To the community this study is significant, because it will

influence the citizens to use thermal insulation which attributes

to reducing the use of air-conditioning and thereby lessen the

energy consumption and cost.

To the engineers, the result of this study would provide

information regarding the efficiency of each thermal insulation

material. Through this, the engineers would be able to generate

strategies on what condition should they use each material.

To the business industry, this study is beneficial. Making

this as an aid in marketing strategies, the marketers could

establish new ideas in developing and promoting their business.

 Lastly, the outcome of this study will be useful to the

future researchers who want to improve and undertake the similar

study in which this study could serve as a future reference

regarding thermal insulation.

Scope and Limitation

The study focused on the thermal properties of extruded

polystyrene board, expanded polystyrene board, and fiber glass.

The study also focused in wall insulations only.

The study did not recognize other insulation materials besides

extruded polystyrene board, expanded polystyrene board, and fiber

glass. Only one technique in applying insulation was used.