Steel wool may provide outstanding fire protection and can withstand heat up to 2150ºF. Paired with fire-rated drywall and other products, a homeowner or contractor can achieve 1-hour fire ...

Sheep Wool Insulation is made from 100% pure wool and is the environmentally friendly, green way to insulate. It is a sustainable and renewable resource, reducing your carbon footprint.

Nova Scotia has thousands of superfluous kilograms of wool, so researchers at Dalhousie University decided to stuff it in walls to see if it would work as home insulation. It turns out it can do ...

The U-value for these wool-insulated walls is calculated at 0.18 W/sq m (a squeak outside of the rigorous requirements of Passivhaus).

Nu-Wool Premium Cellulose Insulation has been made in West Michigan for more than 60 years Updated: May. 22, 2011, 5:00 p.m. | Published: May. 22, 2011, 4:00 p.m.

But while the rise in the price of wool used to make carpet and insulation is a sign of renewed global interest in woollen carpets, hill country farmers are continuing to invest in sheep which don ...

Other notable players include Ode Industry and Trade Inc., Fletcher Building Limited, CertainTeed, Sika AG, and Ursa, S.A. Browse TOC on “Global Building Wool Insulation Market - Forecast to ...

When buildings are being insulated or torn down, a lot of waste "mineral wool"-type insulation ends up in the landfill. Thanks to new research, however, that material may soon instead find use in ...

Stephen Aiguier, founder of Green Hammer, a green building company in Portland, had also been reading up on the natural benefits of using wool for insulation, a common practice in Northern Europe. “It ...

Sheep wool is made in New Zealand, it's biodegradable, renewable, sustainable and has great flame retardent properties." He said because wool fibres were biodegradable they would not end up in the ...

The company makes a home insulation that is branded as Rockwool Safe’n’Sound, which does so much more than just providing insulation to the project. There are some key long-term benefits ...