Building Science- research from respected sources

[James H. Bushart]

On the subject of radiant heat barriers...I had a real estate salesman ask me to recommend a product that he had invested in to my clients. Silver attic paint...$57 per gallon....that would "reduce energy bills by 25%" and would "extend the life of an air conditioning unit by 50%".

When I asked for science data in the form of lab reports (knowing that there could not be any such data) I was referred to a broken link to Reader's Digest.

I admit that I could probably have been less rude in my rejection of this "business proposal" but it insulted me to have someone suspect that I could be stupid enough to fall for crap like that.

Yet...he did...and he sells it to others.

P.T. Barnum was right.

[Brian A. MacNeish]

[quote=jbushart;740809]On the subject of radiant heat barriers...I had a real estate salesman ask me to recommend a product that he had invested in to my clients. Silver attic paint...$57 per gallon....that would "reduce energy bills by 25%" and would "extend the life of an air conditioning unit by 50%".

When I asked for science data in the form of lab reports (knowing that there could not be any such data) I was referred to a broken link to Reader's Digest.

I admit that I could probably have been less rude in my rejection of this "business proposal" but it insulted me to have someone suspect that I could be stupid enough to fall for crap like that.

Yet...he did...and he sells it to others.

P.T. Barnum was right.[/quote]

This may be getting worse in North America..............See the scientific literacy study:

http://www.calacademy.org/newsroom/r...sults0401.html

[Brian A. MacNeish]

[quote=Brian A. MacNeish;740830]

Originally Posted by jbushart

On the subject of radiant heat barriers...I had a real estate salesman ask me to recommend a product that he had invested in to my clients. Silver attic paint...$57 per gallon....that would "reduce energy bills by 25%" and would "extend the life of an air conditioning unit by 50%".

When I asked for science data in the form of lab reports (knowing that there could not be any such data) I was referred to a broken link to Reader's Digest.

I admit that I could probably have been less rude in my rejection of this "business proposal" but it insulted me to have someone suspect that I could be stupid enough to fall for crap like that.

Yet...he did...and he sells it to others.

P.T. Barnum was right.[/quote]

This may be getting worse in North America..............See the scientific literacy study:

http://www.calacademy.org/newsroom/r...sults0401.html

BUMP................A thread for Robert!!

UPDATES:

Still no letter back from the P2000 engineer!!

New web address for P2000 insulation:
http://p2000insulation.com/

Here's another similar: 3HT
http://www.thermalbuildingconcepts.com/index.html