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Building Insulation

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-003777

1. Bonded wool fiberglass insulation, having a loss on ignition of less than 8 percent and a density of less than 32 kilograms per cubic meter (kg/m3) (2 pounds per cubic foot [lb/ft3]).

2. Material, primarily designed to resist heat flow, which is installed between the conditioned volume of a building and adjacent unconditioned volumes or the outside. This term includes but is not limited to insulation products such as blanket, board, spray-in-place, and loose-fill that are used as ceiling, floor, foundation, and wall insulation.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-003777
FieldEnvironment
References40 CFR 63.1381 (CFR 2013); 40 CFR 247.3 (CFR 2013)
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-003777",
  "term": "Building Insulation",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Bonded wool fiberglass insulation, having a loss on ignition of less than 8 percent and a density of less than 32 kilograms per cubic meter (kg/m3) (2 pounds per cubic foot [lb/ft3]).\n\n2. Material, primarily designed to resist heat flow, which is installed between the conditioned volume of a building and adjacent unconditioned volumes or the outside. This term includes but is not limited to insulation products such as blanket, board, spray-in-place, and loose-fill that are used as ceiling, floor, foundation, and wall insulation.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 63.1381 (CFR 2013)",
    "40 CFR 247.3 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/building-insulation/"
}

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