Technology

Insultec is applied in fluid form to the external surface and when dry forms a solid protective finish. It's unique formula will stop damage caused by Solar heat. It has also received from APAS certification under specification 1720/2 for encapsulation of asbestos sheeting.

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PERFORMANCE DATA

INDEPENDENT TEST RESULTS

Summary of Tests on Insultec Membrane:

University of New South Wales. Professor H.J. Goldsmid 20/2/90
Insultec coated boxes remained 10°C cooler than the unpainted when the sun was shining.

Report on the Insulation Value of Insultec.

MPN Timar Martin. Air Conditioning Engineers Brisbane. Queensland 30 th March 1990 .
New Insulated Roof:
Insultec would give a saving in air conditioning operating cost up to $5.16 per M 2
Existing Uninsulated Roof:
The savings are the same as above.
New Insulated Roof:
For new buildings insulated with fibreglass batts or similar on a metal deck roof would give a reduction in air conditioning cost of approximately $1.12 per M 2 per year.
Insultec versus other Insulations:
Insultec gives a 6°C lower than 2.5 pink batts. Pink batts are not effective in keeping the maximum daytime temperature at a low value. White Paint: is 33% less effective than Insultec

Evaluation of Insultec

Dept of Main Roads. South Australia, J.H. Steele March 1989
Up to 12°C cooler in air space

Electricity Saving in Air-conditioning Units

A.E. Smith Westair. Western Australia. F Toussaint B Eng. 19/9/90
79units difference. Temperature readings. Without Insultec 46°C With 34°C Difference 12°C

Emissivity & Optical Properties Measurements

University of Western Australia, Perth
W.A. R Cammarano ( B. E., Hons).
5 th June 1992.
Emissivity of 0.89

Properties of Insultec

Bureau Veritas. Noumea A Fernandez,DSc.
23 rd November 1992 .
Water Proofing, Adherence and Abrasion Resistance tests. All passed

Evaluation of Insultec

Unisearch, University of NSW, Australia. Professor J.K. Haken March 1993. The average reduction of temperature in Sydney over 3 months 9.6°C, Townsville 11.5°C while on some occasion’s reductions of 15-20°C were achieved. No attempts were made to fill caps; such actions could be expected to increase the reductions.

Measurements of Solar Heat Gain Properties.

Vipac Engineers and Scientists. Melbourne.
Australia. S Fernando D.Sc & N Broner D. Sc
18 th March 1994
Solar heat transfer properties of the coatings to not depend on the coating thickness.. In comparison Insultec has the best solar insulation properties.
38% better than the off white colour bond
47% better than galvanised steel. The maximum surface temperature of Insultec sample is only 2.2°C higher than the ambient temperature whereas the corresponding temperature difference for colour bond Heritage Red is 17.9°C

Taywood Engineering Ltd – Western Australia

13 April 1995 .
Test No 1026 - Reduction in Water Absorption,
Test No 1070 - Carbon Dioxide Diffusion Resistance
Test No 1084 - Reduction in Chloride ion Penetration Test No 1050 - Water Vapour Transmission

Solar Agni International – India

26 August 1995 In air-conditioned room, it will cut down Solar part of sensible heat gain by almost 70% as compared to non coated surfaces.

Report on the Characterization of Insultec Coated Surface

Energy Systems Engineering IIT Bombay. India December 1995.
Insultec can provide a significant benefit in reducing heat gain and would find application for cooling purposes.

Evaluation of the Standard of Insultec Paint

The Materials & Chemicals Enterprise, Hanoi, Vietnam, Le Quang Tuan. 1996
The temperature of the space has been reduced 10°C-15°C

Optical and Thermal Characterisation of Insultec.

CSTB Fort De France Cedex. France, Francois Olive B.Eng & Robert Cope D.Sc (French)
14 May 1996
Thermal tests Sample unpainted 56.8°C
Sample with Insultec 41.5°C. Difference 15.3°C

Comparison of Different Roof Coverings.

Nico Janse van Rensburg Durbanville. South Africa 20 th December 1996 Surface temperatures on the underside of the roof
Galvanised Steel 53°C White Paint Clean 42°C
White Paint Soiled 50°C Insultec 37°C

Comparative Thermal Performance of Roofing Paints on Corrugated Steel Roofing Exposed to Solar Radiation:

Prof Richard Aynsley & Andrew Sariman, James Cook University Townsville. December 1997
Dark coloured paints generally had underside surface temperatures significantly higher than unpainted custom Orb.

Report on Roof Space Air Temperatures before & After Application of Insultec

December 1997
Prof Richard Aynsley & Andrew Sariman, James Cook University Townsville.
Insultec paint to the roof indicated by this data was a reduction of approximately 10K in roof space air temperature.

Emissivity & Solar Absorptance Test:

Prof Richard Aynsley, James Cook University Townsville. 14 th September 1998
Emissivity0.90 Solar Absorptance 0.20

CSIRO: Fire Tests

Report No FN80094
3 rd August 1999
These samples did not ignite

Crack Bridging Test:

Test No 2816
Taywood Engineering Ltd 16 th July 1999
No defects observed

Crack Bridge Testing of three Membrane Samples by ETRS Pty Ltd Henderson WA

16 th July 1999
Report No WT99-569.001 No defects detected

REPORTS

Performance of Insultec membranes as Heat –Rejecting Coatings.

University of New South Wales. Emeritus Professor H.J. Goldsmid
3rd May 1993
As a result of tests carried out I have been convinced of the remarkable properties of Insultec.
In my experience even when conditions were not so ideal in central Sydney it is possible to achieve a difference of 10°C.
Comparisons with fibreglass batts: The use of an “R” value is unrealistic for Insultec since it does not rely solely on a reduction of thermal conduction for its operation. An Insultec coated enclosure would remain at much lower temperature since the external surface would stay cool. In other words conventional heat insulating materials tend to delay the ingress of heat where as Insultec also provides continuous rejection of heat.
Ordinary paints are greatly inferior to Insultec in their overall heat rejection.

Insultec Liquid Insulation

Dr R Cammarano Consulting Services Perth WA. 13 th June 1995
Review of previous experimental work conducted on the efficacy of “Insultec” All results indicate that an enclosure coated with Insultec was significantly
cooler, of the order of 5-15°C, the variation in temperature difference is dependant on ambient air temperature and climatic conditions.
The astonishing results suggest that Insultec may be more effective than conventional insulation such as fibreglass batts to minimise internal air temperatures. It was found that a Insultec coated shed was 10% cooler than a fibreglass batt insulated shed.

The Science of Insultec Heat Rejecting Membrane

University of New South Wales. Emeritus Professor H.J. Goldsmid
14 th June 1997
Heat Transfer, Tests on Insultec, Measurement of Absorptivity and emissivity, Cooling of Buildings, Observation by Users, Other Characteristics of Insultec.