The calculation is simple: the better a building is insulated, the less heat is lost in winter - and the less energy is needed to achieve a comfortable room temperature. The calculation is simple: the ...

Why bother adding a layer of insulation to a brick wall, if you can just build that wall using hollow bricks that are stuffed with insulation? That's the thinking behind self-insulating bricks which ...

Q. I live in a house that was built in the 1950s, with an addition built in the early 1960s. It has "face brick" on the outside. Is it feasible to have insulation added to the walls of this type of ...

TOMAR, Portugal, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- A byproduct of beer brewing could help make better and more environmentally friendly bricks with improved insulation qualities, researchers in Portugal say.

The calculation is simple: the better a building is insulated, the less heat is lost in winter - and the less energy is needed to achieve a comfortable room temperature. No wonder, then, that the ...