APPLICATION:Nansulate(R) was applied via airless sprayer to the underside of the home’s roof deck (underside of roof in attic area, and ceiling of rooms where attic could not be reached) on January 14th and 15th of 2008. Application was the recommended coverage of three coats (each coat applied at 3-5 wet mils (72-127 microns), for an overall dry film thickness of approximately 7 mils
(177.8 microns, 0.007 inch).
Amount Used: 25 gallons of Nansulate(R) HomeProtect Clear Coat.
Size of living area: 2772 S.F. (257.53 sq. meters)

RESULTS:Customer achieved a 46% reduction in energy use (download PDF for full case study) and increased his home’s thermal efficiency, and reduced his carbon emissions related to energy use.

Customer quote:
“The study would be based on the savings of electric useage during the cooling season, which would be April thur Sept. We have the previous owner's electric bills for the last 2 1/2 years and compared to my KWH useage we did about 40% better. The neat thing about having hard numbers is that I was able to take out the figures for the avg. electric useage during the winter months (gas heat) and come up with the savings for just the AC compressor, which if I did the math right is more like a savings of 57%.”

-G.Davis

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ISSUE: With a nationwide heat wave and rising energy costs, this homeowner was looking for an economical way to reduce the heat transfer into his attic, bring down the attic temperature and reduce the amount of energy consumption used for heating and cooling his home.

With the heat wave that has been experienced over the nation in the past month, the owner of the house put thermometers in the attic monitoring the heat throughout the day. During the late afternoons with the outside temperature at 104 F, the inside of the attic was 143 F.

The initial application covered 1/3 of the attic with 3 coats and 2/3 of the attic with 2 coats. The crew returned two weeks later to apply the 3rd coat the rest of the attic. They noted that the temperature outside was 103 F, (it was 3 hours earlier than the first application and at the peak of the heat for the attic). The temperature of the attic was 101 F, a 42 degree drop from the uncoated temperature.

The team continued coating the duct work, the A/C units which are in the attic, plus the ceiling of the attic. With the third coat over the other 2/3 of the attic now done, the applicators and owner expect even better heat reduction results.

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United Kingdom - Home Workshop
Reduction in heating costs, offered moisture resistance & kept the beauty of the wood intact.

From blog of customer: Nigel Burkin, shared with his permission. You may read the full blog entry at: nigelburkin.wordpress.com

ISSUE: We are leaking heat to atmosphere like a sieve, over a considerable area of roof. Furthermore, the layout cabin has no roof insulation to speak of. I was relying on the thick roof boards to do the trick. It didn’t last winter. The house extension could not be insulated with foam because it would cause a damp problem.

The cabin could be insulated with very environmentally unfriendly foam board installed in the roof and disguised with a false ceiling. However, the beautiful planked ceiling and those huge wooden purlins would be lost from view. The idea of fixing a false layer of tongue and groove to recreate the plank effect was prohibitively expensive and labour intensive to boot. Something had to be done before winter sets in.

SOLUTION: Sarah, my wife, found a very interesting and cost effective solution after a determined search on the Internet. Whilst I was lounging in the bath, soaking away those horrible little fibres after a session of installing a further thick layer of conventional loft insulation in the cottage part of the house, she discovered nano technology. Not from a Star Trek web site either…

And the excess profit orientated managers at Southern and Scottish are going to hate this stuff…truly hate it.

There are claims of up to 40% saving in heat loss. Considering that we have an all-electric system here and that potentially means over £600/year saving on our electricity bills based on the area of the house in which this insulation material could be used. It provides the answer to the flat roof insulation challenge in the house.

Nansulate Clear Coat looks like acrylic varnish and indeed it behaves the same way, drying to a clear semi-matt finish. It is applied to the interior surface of ceilings and exterior walls in three thin coats to create a heat barrier.

Work on the layout was stopped for the time it took to coat the ceiling of the cabin - three coats. Protection of surrounding furnishings, the floor and so on was not absolutely necessary because it seemed to be fairly resistant to dripping and splattering.

Cabin insulation update:
Nansulate liquid insulation has been in place in the roof space of the cabin for around 30 days now. The curing time for this material is 30 to 60 days for maximum efficiency, so I would expect to see some difference in the comfort and warmth in the cabin itself. Here’s some anecdotal evidence that it is working:

With nearly 360 square feet of space to heat and a high roof area without A-frame support it’s a large volume to heat. The cabin needed two heaters last Autumn and winter: a 2kW oil-filled Delonghi ‘Dragon’ radiator and an older, less efficient 2kW heater which amounted to being a short across the grid. It took two hours to get space heating up to a comfortable working temperature in the evenings. A couple of nights’ ago, the external temperature was 4 degrees centigrade and only 12 in the cabin with the radiator on frost setting when I entered for a track placing session. The oil-filled radiator brought the temperature up to warm and comfortable in 30 minutes before it was turned down. The convection heater? oh, that was discarded (recycled) weeks ago!

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Updated blog entry on Oct. 23, 2008
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ISSUE: The issues of energy consumption and green building were important to this homeowner, who was looking for a way to insulate his home with an environmentally friendly product that would also save on energy use.

The homeowner was very pleased with the results and is realizing a 40% savings in energy costs as well as reduced time for the home to cool off in the summer and heat up in the winter. The fact that Nansulate is water-based and environmentally friendly also made it an excellent addition to the 'green building' environment in TorC, New Mexico.

Customer quote:

"We are really pleased with the 40% savings in energy cost and the swiftness at which it (the house) cools off and heats up. I even coated the claw foot tub in it so the water stays hotter longer!...I tell my friends about it because it really works. You could heat that house with a votive candle and a blow dryer now that it has the nanotech coating on it."

-Marc Izzard, Truth or Consequences, NM

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ISSUE: Roofs in Florida often need yearly pressure washing due to mold growth, and also suffer from UV facing of the roofing materials. This homeowner was looking for a way to reduce his energy costs as well as keep the roof looking beautiful and mold free.

SOLUTION: Nansulate® Crystal, clear insulating roof coating was used over the homes tile roof to both reduce energy costs and keep the roof clean, mold free, and resistant to UV rays, for reduced maintenance costs and added longevity.

Customer quote:

"My house is 12 years old, when I had it painted two years ago, I had a couple spray coats of Nansulate applied to the roof. Results: Roof looks like new!

Makes my house look new. My neighbors thought I had new tiles put on. The look is different then my neighbors tile, their roofs are stained and off color.

My total energy monthly cost is down a min of 17% to max of 42% year over year!!! I did not expect that much.

Prior to having the coating applied, I have one section of my roof, that receives little to no sun light, it needed power washed with diluted bleach once or twice each year due to heavy mildew and mold. Now there is none, that section looks just like the rest of the roof. Nansulate exceeded my expectations!"

Thank You,
Ed Tyler, Niceville, FL

ISSUE: Space is a treasured commodity on sailboats, and the desire to insulate cabins from exterior heat yet without reducing usable space can be a challenge with traditional materials.

SOLUTION/CUSTOMER QUOTE: "I am using the (Nansulate) product to insulate my 30' sailboat. I have applied three coats to the underside of the cabin and deck. Using a thermometer, the temperature has been lowered from around 105 degrees F on a sunny Florida day where the ambient temperatures are in the high 80's, to about 88 degrees F where the Nansulate is applied. I plan to apply more coats. Since the paint is a stain clear, I plan to use it on the interior wood adjacent to the hull, deck and cabin that are heated by the sun.

I have see around a 13 to 15 degree drop in surface temperature when I have applied 3 coats of Nansulate. I plant ot apply more coats."

-David Browne, www.bristol29.com, Maitland, Florida

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ISSUE: Homeowners in Connecticut were looking for an easy way to reduce their heating bills during the cold season and make their home more comfortable year-round.

Heating Oil Use in Gallons:

This equated to a savings of 41% in heating oil use, and a dollar savings of approximately $665.56 per year

*Cost per year was calculated using the July 16, 2007 figure for the average Connecticut regional retail heating oil price ($2.61 per gallon). Source: State of Connecticut Office of Policy and Management (www.opm.state.ct.us).

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CUSTOMER QUOTE:

"I painted 3 coats of clear coat on the backside of my wicker rollup window blinds in my south-facing bedroom. I have just two remaining single paned windows in my home, having replaced most for new double panted windows. The two large single paned windows in my bedroom let so much heat thru on hot days that my bedroom becomes uncomfortable, making it hard to sleep even at night. It was so quick and easy to remove the blinds, put them on the floor with a sheet of thick rosin paper underneath them, and paint them with a roller. After the last of 3 coats I hung them back up to finish drying on the rod.

After painting the rollup blinds my bedroom was so much more comfortable on the following hot days and nights of late summer. I haven't painted the ceiling or exterior walls of the bedroom yet, which will make it even more comfortable.

I've also purchased the Crystal roof coating. I want to paint it on the roof of my rental house so my tenants can enjoy warmer winters and cooler summers as well as lower electric bills. I will do the application myself."

Robin Wright
Berkeley, CA

CUSTOMER QUOTE:

"We (I) have used up the last dregs of Nansulate on the front walls of the parlor. 5 gallons are on the house's outside walls (mostly) and we will be ordering more sometime in the winter so we can have some handy after the new roof is installed.

Coverage was almost exactly 150 sq. ft per gallon when 3 coats were applied over the horsehair and lime top coat on the rock walls of our house. Inside the temperature has been lowered from 5 - 7 degrees overall on the south facing wall, amazing!

The most interesting experimental use of Nansulate for me has been on my little gas oven. I've coated the sides of the thing with 3 coats as Industrial Nanotech has instructed and wow...what a difference in performance after about 3 weeks of curing.
I can get temperatures above 650 degrees...the limit of my temp measuring equipment was 650F so if it was higher I'll not know...yet! But the upside is that the leakage from the sides has been cut dramatically...enough that it reaches 450 degrees in 20 minutes where it used to take 50! The sides aren't cool..but they won't burn you either...which is another dramatic improvement.

The refrigerators are equally happy about having their outsides coated in Nansulate Home Coat...they now are turned to their lowest setting and still are very, very cold inside, below 40 degrees...and the freezer is now at -45 degrees F! it was -25. Of course I HAD to give the water heater it's requisite three coats too and the heat loss thru the sides and top has been improved dramatically with the before temp typically 10 degrees above the ambient temp of the room, now it is but 4 degrees above. This will certainly improve the electric bill as well.

All in all things have changed for the better, how much money it will wind up saving us is hard to say now as billing for electricity is a not so often occurrence here in France. I'll report though when I get some actual invoice numbers.
Thanks for a terrific product!"

Howard N. Lute
Lignieres, FR

Read full blog here: http://lignieres.blogspot.com/search?q=nansulate

CUSTOMER QUOTE:

Letter to Nansulate® installer Douglas Drew of Green Earth Coatings

"I would like to offer a few words of praise for the Nansulate product. My girlfriend and I both live in a very old house in downtown Detroit, circa 1890’s, and the cost to heat our home is outrageous. I did some research and discovered Green Earth Coatings, a “Green” construction and painting company. Doug suggested we try a coating called Nansulate.

We applied the Nansulate product in our upstairs unit in hopes of eliminating the need to continually run heat up there throughout the winter months, as we have an extremely old furnace and heating system. The product was easy to apply, (we did it ourselves), and the results were almost instantaneous. The upstairs unit retained a more constant temperature and was consistently more comfortable without the need to pump more and more heat and money up there.

I would highly recommend the Nansulate product line and Green Earth Coatings to anyone who is trying to make their home more comfortable and save money on their heating bills."

Sincerely,
Michael Field and Nicole Conaway
Detroit,MI

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Testimonial from customer, Evelyne Tinkl, Mohnton, Pennsylvania:

1) Why did you choose Nansulate®? (What was the issue you were trying to solve or improve)

My issue is an 80 year old house without insulated walls. Most of my interior walls are still plaster and lathe – so I was looking for an insulating option that I could tackle myself and that did not involve ripping down walls. Enter Nansulate. I did a test run on two un-insulated dormer closets; before Nansulate I could feel heat waves come my way when I walked into the room, but not post Nansulate. I then received your email about insulating the inside perimeter of a house and decided that it was not only a good idea but also a project I could easily handle one room at a time. After some measuring and calculations, I saw it was also very affordable.

2) Where did you apply Nansulate®?

I applied Nansulate on the inside of my house, on all exterior walls and doors. I worked my way through the house one room at a time.

3) Please tell us how Nansulate® helped you? (What were the results)

I keep a careful spreadsheet of heating expenses and so far, even though this has been a long and cold winter, I have used about 20% less than last year. Take in to account that I decided to keep the house 2 degrees warmer during the day and 4 degrees warmer at night! So I am quite happy and had a much more comfortable winter.

4) Please add any other comments that you like:

I used the clear semi-gloss version; in some rooms I painted over Nansulate and in some (bathroom, kitchen) I left Nansulate as the top coat. I also Nan-insulated my last dormer closet and attic stairs; I was surprised how nice the wood lining looks with several layers of Nansulate.

CUSTOMER QUOTE:

"Being a civil-engineer working in the environmental field I was naturally skeptical when I stumbled upon the nano-tech website. I was looking for duct insulation for my home and instead I feel as though I found the "holy grail." I have limited time but have been applying HomeProtect ClearCoat to my finished attic , wood exterior doors, and a couple of old skylights and windows.

The last three months (May, June, July), I have used 40%, 40%, and 50% of the electricity I used last year during the same months. This is our hottest time of the year. The window over my tub does that I coated, not condensate during showers as it is no longer a
cooler surface than the shower.

The other day, I left out of town for work so I turned off my air conditioning before I left. The highs while gone were in the 80s with 90% humidity. I was amazed after returning home when I went upstairs in the finished off attic to find it cooler than the main floor. What amazed me more was when I remembered that the air conditioning was off and had been for 2 days.

After I turned it on, it finally came on at 10:45 at night for about 5 minutes. That was it! The lows at night have been in the mid to upper 70's is all. I've told my family, friends, place of employment, and even the Public Works Department for the city I live in. I believe this product could help tremendously in the fight against global warming. I recommend it to any and everyone."

Dave
Davenport, IA 52803

CUSTOMER QUOTE:

"We have a western facing sliding glass door in our master bedroom that gets full exposure to the sun, and yesterday temperatures reached over 90 degrees F. This room really heats up in the late afternoons during the summer. Last fall, I decided to coat half the blinds with Nansulate Clear Coat and leave the other half uncoated. With the sun hitting the closed blinds in the late afternoon, I could feel the difference in the amount of heat coming off of the backside of the blinds into our bedroom. It was much lower on the Nansulate covered side. Nansulate is terrific and has made our master bedroom more comfortable during the summer and reduced our cooling costs!"

-Allwyn, Northern California

CUSTOMER QUOTE:

"I just wanted to write and thank you for recommending the Nansulate Home Protect coating for the second story of my home. As you recall our 2nd story has no forced heat, it is a gravity heat, prior to the application of Nansulate we had to wait 30 minutes for our bedroom to heat up with our heater, now its around 10 to 15 minutes amazing and its even colder outside than it was before. This coating has made a substantial difference in the warmth and comfort of my home. I am sure this product will pay for itself in no time, as you had said. I will definitely recommend your company and products to other people for it has remarkably proven itself worthy."

Thanks Again,
Kim Newman
Linden, MI

CUSTOMER QUOTE:

"I live in a 2-bedroomed bungalow with solid walls. In June 07' I painted the internal outside walls with Nansulate and also the immersion tank and pipes.

The paint was very easy to use, with good coverage, considering I had to apply 3 coats.

Prior to painting, our heating costs were quite high compared to what they are now. In fact, since applying the Nansulate I have been able to lower the thermostat from 5.5/6 to 3, basically halving the temperature. The bungalow is definitely warmer. I am now going to Nansulate the outside external walls which should result in even greater savings in heating costs.

I would certainly recommend Nansulate to anyone who wants to reduce their heating costs. In fact, my sister and her two sons, have now Nansulated their homes.

The customer service has been excellent and the delivery of the product extremely fast (3/4 days).

Wishing you all the best with your agency for Nansulate."

Yours sincerely,

Daniel O'Beirne
Canvey Island, England

CUSTOMER QUOTE:

"Problem: I live in a 40-year old block of apartments. After installing new plastic windows in my apartment, I experienced mold on the interior side of the wall in close surrounding to the windows.

I applied Nansulate HomeProtect Clear Coat to the exterior side of the wall, because I believe insulation from the exterior side is more efficient. Application was made in the begnning of March - early Spring in our area.

After application, mold stopped growing. I will see how it works also during next winter when the problem is most visible, but I believe that it will work. I tried your paint because we cannot agree with other owners of our apartments about total reconstruction of the facade (polystyrene or mineral wool systems), so I was forced to protect my wall individually."

Martin Tancák
Kosice, Slovakia

APPLICATION:

This new 4500 square foot home in Sherman, Texas was completed early in 2007. The architect projected a $450 monthly electric bill with traditional insulation being used. The homeowner decided to add Nansulate into his new home specification, and had his contractor paint his interior walls and attic with Nansulate HomeProtect Clear Coat for added insulation and protection from moisture and mold.

His electric bill hasn't exceeded $190 a month since April of 2007.

CUSTOMER QUOTE:

"The product is being applied to the interior perimeter walls of the home.

The really bad weather has arrived. In past years, after we turned down the heat at night the home's interior temperature would go down to 56 well before morning, leaving the furnace to come on at least twice before we awoke. This was in any lower than freezing weather and sometimes even in weather that was 40 degrees."

The house walls are 6" deep and fully insulated. The ceilings are protected by 14" of cellulous material. We have only done seven of 16 perimeter walls. The walls on the unprotected end of the house are the ones we have completed. This week the weather has gone cold, single digits and about 10 degrees. Each night we have had that weather we have had a temperature of at least 59 when we awake mornings. That is a full four degrees higher than ever before AND we've not completed the job! Not once has the furnace come back on during the night. And, during the day the furnace seems to be coming on fewer times than ever."

James B. Stroud, Jr.
Retired military
Greenfield, Indiana, USA

CUSTOMER QUOTE:

"FYI I am in the end stages of building a 4000 sq ft house which is why I stumbled on the nanotech in the first place.When I saw the possibilities, I knew if it really worked it would revolutionize the insulation industry; and I was waiting for the real test and that was the first heating bill for the coldest month of the year, and it was $43.00.

I am heating this house with one 5-ton heat pump unit. Something the heat and air people told me I could not do. I was ecstatic when I saw that bill. I can now really believe in it, because I know it works."

Best Regards,

Rosemarie Patterson, Seligman, MO

CUSTOMER QUOTE:

"I applied Nansulate PT on my garage door last year. It works like magic. My garage is usually ten to fifteen degrees cooler than the outside temperature in the Texas summer. It is warmer than the outside temperature in the winter. Before I painted the garage door, the garage was usually seven to ten degrees warmer than the outside temperature in the summer. I sprayed the the underside of my roof deck with four coats of Nansulate HomeProtect Clear Coat about seven weeks ago. So far my attic is never more than the outside temperature. I added attic insulation and a solar fan at the same time I sprayed my attic. I am truly amazed with your product."

Mark Petrus
Plano, TX

CUSTOMER QUOTE:

"We love what your paint has done for our back bedroom. It was not insulated and remained hot in the summer even with two a/c vents blowing into the room. Now, it remains 72 degrees when the sun is beating down on the roof and the outside temp registers 106 degrees! Amazing!"

Mary McLerran
Salt Lake City, Utah

CUSTOMER QUOTE:

"I recently re-roofed my bungalow style house and added a skylight, ridge vents and soffit vents for a good ventilating air flow from the eaves to the peak. Inside I removed the old ceiling and attic insulation opening up part of the house with a "cathedral" ceiling and making a sleeping/ storage  loft over the rest. I sheathed the inside of the roof rafters with furniture grade birch plywood and sealed this with translucent Nansulate GP.

This allowed me to maintain maximum ventilation for the roof ( as opposed to the foam air channel attachment were I to use traditional pink insulation) with an easier application and also maximizing the beauty of the birch wood grain . Having added a good amount of cubic space to the house, I am incredibly impressed with the insulation effects I witnessed just last night when we had our first frost here on long island and I was able to maintain an inside temperature of 68 degrees with only a small woodstove. The boiler never turned on  and it was set at 65 degrees.”

Roy Kortick, artist, New York

CUSTOMER QUOTE:

“This application included three projects. 

I applied four coats of GP on the copper pipe coming out of our tankless water heater.  Two months after the application, the pipe feels warm instead of hot to the touch when we run the water.  It also cuts the time for warm water to get to a faucet if we have run it recently, because water stays warm in the pipes longer than before.  

I  also applied GP to the hot air ducts that come out of our furnace.  Our furnace room is vented to the outside, so warmth in the ducts would escape into the room between each furnace run, and the fan would blow the cold air into the house every time the furnace came on.  Two months after applying Nansulate GP to the ducts, there is no initial blast of cold air from the vents when the furnace kicks on, unless  the system has not run for  several hours.  Application in this project was easy and appears to be durable.

The third project was applying three coats of GP to the north and east facing walls of the outside of my brick house.  I applied it to the outside of my brick wall because insulation applied outside allows us to take advantage of the thermal mass of the brick, hopefully slowing down the response of the interior temperature to big temperature swings outside.  Application in this case was not very easy, because I had to apply it to the mortar gap between the bricks as well as to the bricks.  Over a month after the application (now December), the interior walls are noticeably warmer within the coated walls than inside uncoated walls.  I will not know for sure the extent of any energy savings for several months, but our November natural gas usage was smaller than last year although the weather was similar.“

Paul Roundy, Colorado

CUSTOMER QUOTE:

"On an 1800 s.f. second story ceiling immediately below the attic - also along the borders of north-facing windows. NOW earlier this summer I had our company (Arden) paint our lab facility in Sanford, NC with both primer and GP. Again, we're going to find out this winter if it keeps that room a little warmer. But I have told tons of people at Arden about it, and written an article for the company internal web site - which I'd be happy to share with you. I've also told dozens of other people about it - parents of our kids' friends, relatives, my son's 6th grade science teacher (she wants to try it on her 2nd story addition), and everybody at a Zingerman's business seminar in Ann Arbor...In fact, I'm going to email everybody your website now that I've seen that this really does work for myself (read below)"

How it Helped: "Well, I just put it up yesterday, so I don't know the impact yet on our use of natural gas for the coming winter BUT...I tested in on our hot water heater this weekend, painting part of the vent pipe coming out of the heater. I realize it takes 30-60 days to cure, but there was an IMMEDIATE difference in temp. between the part of the pipe I coated and the part I hadn't. AMAZING! I could NOT touch the uncoated pipe. I COULD touch the coated pipe. I measured with a digital thermometer and there appeared to be a 10-20F difference."

Other Comments: "Though the results aren't in yet, I am thrilled already. The heat test on my water heater PROVED that this really does insulate! I was also delighted with HOW EASY it was to coat my 2nd story ceiling yesterday. I had called professional painters to quote doing the job. Then I went to Lowe's and bought $200 worth of wall coverings, drop cloths, rollers and all kinds of painbt stuff and spent 45 minutes taping off a bathroom.l As I was painting I realized that because the viscosity of Nansulate is a little on the thick side, it really doesn't drop much. So I simply started doing the rest o the 2nd story WITHOUT all the drop cloths. I didn't need it! In the end, all I really did was swab off the ceilings with a big mop, then roll on Nansulate with an extended length roller. I never even needed a ladder. I had everything done in three hours. I saved on hiring a painter and am going to return $150 worth of stuff to Lowe's today. I would be DELIGHTED by the way to speak or write more on behalf of your product about my experience already OR after I see the impact on our natural gas usage this winter. CONGRATULATIONS on a fascinating, really cool Product!!!"

Emmon Scott, Arden Companies, Southfield, MI