Did you know that the National Insulation Association has great resources for builders and homeowners alike? Today we’re here to tell you all about the benefits of insulation. At Alamance Insulation and Gutters, we’ve got all your insulation and gutter needs covered. Serving areas in central North Carolina such as Greensboro, Burlington, Mebane, Hillsborough, and High Point, we provide excellent services and products to our loyal customers. If you have questions about insulation, please don’t hesitate to contact Alamance Insulation and Gutters. We’re happy to help!
We’ll be featuring these top benefits of insulation for our next few blogs. From the NIA’s website:
A properly designed and installed insulation system offers immediate and long-term benefits. Insulation protects your personnel, your equipment, your system, and your budget. Click here to learn more about the Power of Insulation.
- Reduces energy costs
- Prevents moisture condensation
- Reduces capacity and size of new mechanical equipment
- Enhances process performance
- Reduces emissions of pollutants
- Safety and protection of personnel
- Acoustical performance: reduces noise levels
- Maximizes return on investment (ROI)
- Improves Appearance
- Fire Protection
Energy Savings: Insulation Reduces Energy Costs
A properly designed and installed insulation system immediately reduces the need for energy and results in significant savings.
On hot pipes and surfaces, heat loss can be reduced by about 20 times. With delivered natural gas and fuel oil costs at $7 to $10 per million Btus, that adds up!
A properly designed, insulated, and maintained system significantly reduces energy costs, which saves money and protects the environment. An unbelievable amount of energy is lost through uninsulated valves, bare pipes, or defective insulation. It seems to be one of those maintenance things that never gets done—until somebody can demonstrate what it’s costing to ignore the uninsulated system.
Energy Savings Appraisal
A properly designed and installed insulation system immediately reduces the need for energy and results in significant savings. A Certified Insulation Energy Appraiser can document the actual Btu/dollars savings and calculate potential savings with an insulation upgrade. Click here for more information about becoming a Certified Insulation Energy Appraiser.
Impressive Return on Investment: Insulation Is a Quick Payback
- Reduced energy cost means improved ROI.
- Addition of insulation can be the most cost-effective means of reducing O&M costs for an industrial facility or a commercial building.
A properly designed and installed insulation system provides an excellent return on investment and quick payback through cost savings. Insulation is a low-risk investment because the savings and the payback can be forecasted with a high degree of accuracy. To calculate your specific payback, download a free computer program (called 3E Plus®) at www.pipeinsulation.org or use the insulation calculators created by NIA and available at http://wbdg.org/design/midg_calculators.php.
Insulation is one of the few technologies where the payback for the investment is considered more than acceptable when compared to many other equipment or maintenance purchases. If the insulated system is maintained, the savings from the investment continue for the life of the facility. In fact, it costs more to not insulate properly. Often insulation is paid for by the maintenance budget and then it reduces the operations budget for the life of the system.
The return on investment or payback for an investment in insulation is quick, often from 6 months to 2 years.