Eco-friendly Insulation
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Eco-friendly insulation is a term used for insulating material or methods used as an alternative to regular insulating material derived from petroleum.

Examples of eco-friendly insulation

There are various types of Eco-friendly insulation. The most common and primitive type is known as the Earth sheltering
Earth sheltering
Earth sheltering is the architectural practice of using earth against building walls for external thermal mass, to reduce heat loss, and to easily maintain a steady indoor air temperature...

 insulation method or earth house
Earth house
An earth house is an architectural style characterized by the use of natural terrain to help form the walls of a house. An earth house is usually set partially into the ground and covered with thin growth...

 and annualized geo solar
Annualized geo solar
Annualized Geo-Solar enables passive solar heating in even cold, foggy north temperate areas. It uses the ground under or around a building as thermal mass to heat and cool the building. After a designed, conductive thermal lag of 6 months the heat is returned to, or removed from, the inhabited...

. It has been around for nearly as long as humans have been constructing their shelters. It simply is like having your house covered by some earth and allows vegetation to grow on top of it. Nanogel is another type, consisting of 95% air in nano-sized pores. Greensulate
Greensulate
Greensulate is a renewable and biodegradable material that can be used for thermal insulation, fire insulation and also as a substitute for styrofoam and other plastics used in packaging and other applications....

 is a type of insulating material that is made of mixture of agricultural by-product with mushrooms grown into it. Heat pump and refrigeration cycle
Heat pump and refrigeration cycle
Thermodynamic heat pump cycles or refrigeration cycles are the conceptual and mathematical models for heat pumps and refrigerators. A heat pump is a machine or device that moves heat from one location at a lower temperature to another location at a higher temperature using mechanical work or a...

is an alternative to having insulation in the walls of a home. It is a machine that can be used for heating or cooling a house.

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