Insulation that demands admiration Icynene® is the insulation of choice for the most visited show homes at the 2009 International Builders' Show in Las Vegas, NV from Jan 20 – 23, 2009. Take a sneak peek into the IBS show homes and see Icynene® in action! | |
 | The New American Home® 2009 The New American Home® (TNAH) 2009 will showcase the latest in green building technology. This year’s show home is on a half-acre lot in a neighborhood with an interesting slice of Las Vegas history. The home is situated right across some property owned by Mr. Las Vegas – Wayne Newton. |
Acting as a laboratory, education tool and product showcase, The New American Home® 2009 is a net-zero energy home that includes state-of-the-art green building technology such as photovoltaic cells, a gas-powered mechanical HVAC system along with the superior Icynene® spray foam insulation that creates a safer, more energy efficient envelope. The home incorporates elements such as builders’ best practices for creating an energy efficient, comfortable, and healthy living environment. With its unique air-sealing properties, Icynene® helps TNAH meet these goals. For instance, Icynene® is sprayed directly to the underside of the roof deck in TNAH, creating an indirectly conditioned attic assembly which helps reduce air infiltration to ensure the warm exterior air stays out and any duct leakage from the ductwork located in the attic remains within the conditioned space. This allows for more efficient performance of the HVAC system, significantly reducing energy costs. | |
 | NextGen First to the Future Home The onsite NextGen Urban Living Home and the offsite NextGen First to the Future Home will showcase the latest in green, sustainable and energy efficient products to thousands of visitors at the International Builders Show (IBS). For the 5th year in a row, NextGen selected Icynene® as the featured insulation to support their demonstration homes’ sustainable, green goals. |
Icynene® open-cell foam insulation is sprayed into the walls of the NextGen First to the Future home, effectively minimizing air leakage and delivering advanced moisture control, improved air quality, and immediate energy savings of up to 50%. The U.S. Department of Energy's current Builders Challenge program calls for 220,000 homes to be built by 2012 that are 30% more efficient than today's homes. Built in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy, the NextGen First to the Future home reaches all levels of performance, boasting efficiency levels that are 95% greater than today's standard home. Efficient, green and digitally connected, the NextGen First to the Future home is built to withstand the worst natural disasters, such as earthquakes which are common in Las Vegas. Continuing a longstanding partnership with the Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS), the home is built to meet the stringent IBHS Fortified...for safer living® standard. And Icynene®’s contribution is its semi-flexible, soft structure that expands and contracts with the home and does not crack or delaminate, delivering performance and durability for the life of the building. Show Village 2009 ‘Green Home’ and ‘Quiet Living Home’ Featured in the Green Home and the Quiet Living Home, Icynene® soft spray foam insulation delivers a superior air-seal to help the builder overcome the diverse challenges and meet all of the objectives set forth by each of these homes. | |
 | Green Home Show Village Green Home is certified to Environments For Living® standards. The Environments For Living® program provides a rigorous set of requirements that treats a home as a “system”. This means that all components of the home work together to deliver high-performance results, translating into optimal comfort and efficiency for the homeowner. |
| One such product that integrates well with other building components and facilitates the implementation of the ‘systems approach’ to building is Icynene® spray foam insulation. For instance, as an ASTM qualified air barrier, Icynene® significantly reduces random air leakage, conserving up to 40% of a building's energy loss. By controlling air infiltration, it minimizes the intrusion of airborne odors and pollutants. When paired with mechanical ventilation, Icynene® helps improve indoor air quality and extend the life of a building by minimizing the flow of airborne moisture that can breed condensation, mold growth and decay. Icynene® insulation creates an unvented attic assembly in the Green Home. When applied directly to the underside of the roof deck, Icynene® helps reduce latent air-conditioning loads and provides further reductions in energy consumption. | |
 | Quiet Living Home The Quiet Living Home boasts quieter living spaces for the ultimate getaway that’s just on the other side of the wall. And Icynene® plays a major role in controlling airborne sound and helping occupants escape from noise originating from the media room, home theater or even common outdoor activity. An effective way to control these common sounds is by controlling the air movement. Since Icynene® is classified as an air barrier; it effectively minimizes these unwelcomed sounds that would otherwise compromise the quality of the indoor environment. |
Soft, flexible Icynene® is also ideal for insulating around plumbing runs and other areas that produce unwanted sounds, such as plumbing vibrations caused by a flushing toilet or a running shower. Icynene® is installed and displayed in the exterior walls, ceilings/ attic of the media room in the Quiet Living Home. Visit booth #N1363 to see Icynene’s latest innovation in spray foam insulation at the International Builders’ Show 2009. | |