Sunday, November 23, 2008

How Much For A Cement Bathtub

heat reflective insulation - better to clarify

After careful research on the net and information received from "friends" experts have found some documents in which several European Institutes bring into serious doubt the thermal performance claimed by some manufacturers for their insulating heat reflective ... these institutions have shown that the methods of measurement of thermal conductivity according to UNI, these materials have a "real" value of conductivity equal to that of an ordinary polystyrene ... the benefits guaranteed by the reflectance of the material is only a de minimis as 30%! Surely these materials do not arrive to the values \u200b\u200breported by some drug manufacturers in their technical notes ... in Germany at this point, it is coming off a lawsuit that prohibited the company that produced these materials to advertise its products with the values \u200b\u200blisted in its brochure techniques ... because it says the sin but not the sinner, mind you using these materials ... Demand always a statement of compliance to EC would like to use the materials, which is declared a value of conductivity measured by methods in which normative and that the name of a person in flesh and blood who will take responsibility for that certificate ... Beware of any certificate from institutions that might test the products according to ad hoc test methods invented by those who then must sell the product on ...

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

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heat reflective insulation

Origin: France aeronautics

Composition: panels sandwich made of felt, sheep wool, plastic sheets, etc.. enclosed between two sheets of aluminum

Thickness: 1.2 cm still around

Uses: Walls, floors, pitched roofs, etc..

type of installation: for now should only be used for insulation from the inside. Must be placed between two hollow air-tight (to prevent drafts, dust deposition on the faces of the panel, etc..) About 2 cm. The trimming may be of any type (plaster, against the, etc.).

Insulating power: it is not CE, have not been tested in accordance with the legislation in place for traditional materials ... Some manufacturers declare them equivalent to 21 cm rock wool, but without providing any type of CE marking for the product ... According to some European institutions however, are treated as a normal polystyrene plus a performance by 30% due to the effective reflectivity of the material ....

Power Sound: virtually nil, it should be "helped" with something more suitable

Highs:
- relatively low cost (on the third € / sqm laid)
- Added the list of usable materials Casaclima (!?)

Defects :

- There are CE and then those who sell such material does not provide any certification "serious" that guarantees the performance of the material
- From acoustically is poor
- Needed a pose accurate (provided, however, essential for any insulation)
- should be protected against moisture

Conclusions:
material that is sold as the panacea of \u200b\u200ball evil ... in fact in Germany, for a known company that has been forbidden to advertise its drug materials with the values \u200b\u200bgiven in their brochure ... values, which would be easily "sold" in Italy without any problems ...

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

How Many Scenes Are In Cubefield

The town of Vigonovo (VE) chooses CasaClima

Vigonovo has recently introduced an innovative regulations under which new development must provide strict requirements in order to promote energy conservation. Following the adoption the method proposed by the House Climate of Bolzano, in fact, the coastal town ruled that as of August those submitting the application for the construction of buildings must qualify for the minimum standard on the property as a whole. *

Essentially, therefore, to have the certification is no longer sufficient presentation of a simple project in town, but obtaining them will be following a 'thorough verification procedure on the whole process of construction of the building for design, the choice of materials and equipment, the implementation until the completion of the work.

«L'introduzione dell'obbligo di certificazione afferma Filippo Fogarin, assessore ai Lavori pubblici intende essere una concreta risposta per favorire la tutela dell'ambiente e al tempo stesso sostenere la cultura e la sensibilità verso il risparmio di energia fossile, sfruttando maggiormente le fonti di energia rinnovabile».

Alcuni aspetti del nuovo regolamento, tra gli altri, riguardano pure i vincoli all'orientamento dell'edificio, il controllo dell'inerzia termica delle pareti in modo da prevenire il surriscaldamento estivo, l'installazione di pannelli solari.

Positive anche le valutazioni del sindaco Leonardo Galenda e dell'assessore construction, Donatella Zambon, which show that, by that measure, Vigonovo is following the encouraging experiences already undertaken by many Italian administrations, offering alternative responses to the use of oil for new and daily energy requirements, thus facilitating reducing costs of the bills for energy consumption.

Adapted from an article on the Perla Marafini Gazzettino in Venice August 21, 2008

* It is not clear to what extent the new development will relate, however, remains an excellent initiative that many other municipalities should follow

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

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Minister Prestigiacomo: "Upcoming guidelines for energy certification"

Nell'ultima audizione alla Commissione ambiente della Camera, il Ministro Stefania Prestigiacomo ha annunciato che l'emanazione delle linee guida nazionali per la certificazione energetica è imminente. In questo fiorire di leggi regionali più o meno sensate, questa è una buona notizia. A questo punto, il problema sarà quello di uniformare le varie leggi regionali rispetto a quella nazionale in modo che la certificazione energetica sia uguale e sopratutto comprensibile allo stesso modo per un catanese e per un bolzanino.

Riporto la parte interessante del discorso della "Ministra":
"Per questi motivi il risparmio energetico nel comparto civile è considerato dal Governo un’area prioritaria di intervento. Sono imminent adoption of the guidelines for energy certification of buildings. Will be provided to citizens with information and guidance to explain and then activate encourage interventions in this sector, emphasizing the technical and administrative simplification. "

Other interesting step which we hope will one day become a reality:
" At the same time, as mentioned in the opening will be useful to propose initiatives concerning environmental tax that takes as its model the reduction of taxes for those who save energy and non-polluting and, conversely, increase taxation for those who do not save energy and pollute. "

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Best Iron-on Transfers

One step forward and two steps indiestro

policy Italian not denied ... an amendment in committee yesterday, repealing the requirement to provide an apartment for the seller to the buyer / tenant a certificate of qualification and certification of energy. obligation that had to start from July 1, 2009 for the individual units and instead will not see light. Therefore those who buy existing housing can not know the class of the same energy and will continue to buy blindly, without the idea of \u200b\u200bconsumption that will go against.


(abrogazionie This amendment is contained in Art 35 of 35.15 DL112/2008 proposed in the session Thursday, July 10 from Commissione V della Camera.)

Monday, January 7, 2008

How To Sleep With Thrush

2008 Budget: House finally approved

E' stata finalmente pubblicata nella gazzetta ufficiale del 28/12/07 la legge 24 Dicembre 2007, n. 244 (la trovate in formato PDF qui ) che da questo punto in poi chiamerò semplicemente Legge Finanziaria 2008. La Legge proroga tutte le agevolazioni previste dalla finanziaria 2007, fino al 2010 e introduce le seguenti novità:
  1. Possibilità per i comuni di far pagare, a chi installa impianti energetici (elettrici e/o termici) da fonti rinnovabile, un'aliquota ICI ridotta, inferiore al 4 per mille (Art. 1 punto 6);
  2. are subsidized up to the end of 2009, any replacements of heating non-condensing (2 million euro per year allocated to this facility) (Article 1, paragraphs 20 and 21);
  3. The deductions may be divided in equal annual installments from a minimum of 3 to a maximum of 10 years in the taxpayer's irrevocable choice (Art. 24 paragraph 1 letter b);
  4. E 'I have simplified the procedure for requesting relief for the sole replacement of fixtures and the installation of solar panels, since it is no longer necessary to provide a certificate of qualification / certification efficiency;
  5. Sono previste agevolazioni fiscali per il gasolio e il gpl utilizzati in zone montane e per le reti di riscalamento alimentate a biomassa o energia geotermica (Art. 1 punto 240);
  6. La detrazione è prevista anche per la sostituzione di impianti di climatizzazione invernale con impianti geotermici e con pompe di calore ad alta efficenza (Art. 1 punto 286);
  7. Dal 2009 , per gli edifici di nuova costruzione, il rilascio del permesso di costruire è subordinato alla presenza di:
    • Certificazione energetica dell'edificio (Art. 1 punto 288);
    • Caratteristiche strutturali dell'immobile finalizzate water saving and reuse of stormwater (Art. 1 paragraph 288);
    • plants for the production of electricity from renewable sources that can guarantee at least 1 kW for each unit. For industrial buildings with an area exceeding 100 square meters, the limit is 5 kW (Art. 1 paragraph 289).
  8. E 'was finally correct the table of the 2007 Budget reported that the inverted U-Values \u200b\u200blimit for floors and roofs. The limit is predicted by 2008 energy demand will be made known and transmittances of the Decrees by February 28, 2008 ( will ) (Article 1 paragraph 24).
If in part this decree can be considered satisfactory, I still do not understand the meaning of section No. 2. For once it was entered in the right way of condensing back now technically obsolete equipment to facilitate ... We have had a hand some lobby?