What are the benefits of rock and slag wool insulations?
Rock and slag wool insulation products play a significant energy-savings role by reducing energy use in homes, office buildings, businesses and manufacturing plants. Insulating to proper economically efficient levels helps our homes and businesses use substantially less energy. According to a 1996 report on the energy, environmental and economic benefits of fiber glass, rock wool and slag wool insulations, conducted jointly by the Alliance to Save Energy and Energy Conservation Management, insulation produced each year saves about 400 trillion Btu annually, or more than 12 times the energy used to manufacture insulation. The report, entitled “Green and Competitive” found the insulation currently in place in residential buildings throughout the United Sates could help cut residential energy bills by 40 percent. The energy savings from insulation also help the environment. By reducing the energy needed to heat and cool homes and commercial buildings, installed fiber glass and mineral woo
