Heat/Insulation - Building Technology

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1. British The amount of heat required to raise the 18. weather strip A strip of metal, felt, vinyl, or foam rubber,
Thermal Unit temperature of one pound of water by one placed between a door or window sash and
(BTU) degree Fahrenheit its frame to provide seal against windblown
rain and air infiltration
2. therm a unit of heat equal to 100,000 BTU or 1,000
great calories 19. weatherize To make a house or building secure against
cold or stormy weather, as by adding
3. heat capacity the amount of heat needed to increase the
thermal insulation or storm windows, or by
temperature of an object exactly 1°
sealing joints
4. specific heat The amount of energy required to raise the
20. batt Fiberglass or rock-wool insulation with
temperature of 1 gram of a substance by 1°C
insulation various thicknesses. Sometimes used with
5. latent heat The quantity of heat absorbed or released by vapor retarder; aka BLANKET INSULATION
a substance undergoing a change of state
21. mineral wool
6. sensible heat The quantity of heat absorbed or released by
a substance without changing state
7. conduction the transfer of energy as heat through direct
contact
8. convection The transfer of heat by the movement of a
fluid
9. radiation The transfer of energy by electromagnetic
waves
10. thermal time rate of heat flow through a unit area of
conductivity unit thickness when the temperature
difference across the thickness is one unit of
temperature Any various lightweight, inorganic, fibrous
11. thermal time rate of heat flow through a unit area of materials used especially for thermal and
conductance specified thickness when the temperature sound insulation, such as glass wool and
difference across the thickness is one unit of rock wool
temperature 22. glass wool Spun glass fibers resembling wool and used
12. thermal resistance to the flow of heat expressed as for thermal insulation and air filters
resistance the R-Value; 23. fiberglass a material consisting of extremely fine
equal to the reciprocal of thermal filaments of glass embedded in various resins
conductance
24. Fiberglas trademark for a brand of fiberglass
13. R-Value The measure of thermal resistance
25. rock wool Mineral wool made by blowing steam or air
14. thermal The time rate of heat flow through a unit area through molten slag or rock
transmittance of a building component or assembly when
26. rigid board A preformed, non-structural insulating board
the difference between the air temperatures
insulation of foamed plastic or cellular glass. Cellular
on the two sides of the component or
glass insulation is fire-resistant, impervious to
assembly is one unit of temperature.
moisture, and dimensionally stable, but has
15. U-Value A measure of thermal transmittance lower thermal-resistance value than foamed
16. thermal An element of low thermal conductivity plastic insulation
break placed in an assembly to reduce the flow of 27. foamed Plastic, such as polyurethane or polystyrene,
heat between highly conductive materials; plastic made light and cellular by the introduction of
aka THERMAL BARRIER pockets of gas or air used as thermal
17. infiltration flow of outside air into an interior space insulation; aka EXPANDED PLASTIC,
through cracks and other openings in the PLASTIC FOAM
building 28. polyurethane A rigid expanded polyurethane having a
foam closed-cell structure and used as thermal
insulation
29. molded A rigid Polystyrene foam having an open-cell 36. fiberboard Insulating fiberboard treated or impregnated
polystyrene structure and used as thermal insulation sheathing with asphalt for water resistance and used
primarily for sheathing light wood frame walls
30. extruded a rigid polystyrene foam having a closed-cell
poystyrene structure and used as thermal insulation 37. wood
wool
31. Styrofoam Trademark for a brand of foamed plastic made
from polystyrene.
32. foam glass Cellular glass made by foaming softened
glass and molding it into boards or blocks for
use as thermal insulation
33. Foamed-in-
place
insulation

Fine wood shavings, usually of pine or

Thermal insulation in the form of a foamed
plastic, such as polyurethane, that is sprayed
or injected into cavity where it adheres to the
surrounding surfaces
chemically treated wood fibers, used as an
insulating material, as binder in plaster, and for
packing; aka EXCELSIOR
38. reflective Thermal insulation in the form of a material of
insulation high reflectivity and low emissivity, to reduce the
transfer of heat by radiation

34. loose-fill 39. dead-air unventilated air spaces

insulation space
40. emissivity The ability of a surface to emit heat by radiation

Thermal insulation in the form of mineral wool

fibers, granular vermiculite or perlite, or
treated cellulosic fibers, poured by hand or
blown through a nozzle into a cavity or over
supporting membrane
35. fiberboard

a building material made of compressed

wood fibers