Start your building GREEN! Use Crete-Heat, the green insulation product

Crete-Heat™ Insulated Floor Panel system is 2 7/8" overall thickness, with 2" of solid EPS foam providing R-10. The retrofit or above grade panels provide 2 1/8" overall in thickness, with a solid EPS foam providing R-6 with a 23 db sound reduction knob on the lower surface. Each interlocking panel covers up to 8 square feet with fasteners for 1/2" and 5/8" radiant tubing. A 10 mil polystyrene film provides the vapor and radon barrier. Lay in place, put the tubing into 3" on center fasteners and pour the concrete.  Stable R value, no outgassing.   Don't let your heat go into the ground, use the BEST when using radiant and conserve energy.  Shipped in UV protected bags direct to site.   Call 877 904 8424 for more info or see at http://www.barrett-inc.com/crete-heat.html

Green Building Material PlasterMax-ICF

GigaCrete has reinvented PlasterMax-ICF. Previously PlasterMax-
ICF Base Coat at 3/8” thick was needed to meet the fire
code over ICF construction to replace ½” gypsum board with a 15
minute barrier. On April 26, 2010, GigaCrete installed 1/8” new
PlasterMax over ICF walls and passed NFPA 286 again at 1/3 the
previous thickness. This material when tested by ASTM compression
tests is 8,000 psi, double the previous PlasterMax-ICF Base
Coat approximately 4,000 psi. This new version dubbed “thin coat”
will also replace PlasterMax-IND over drywall thereby simplifying
the family of PlasterMax down to one product. This new version
can be used over ICF, SIP’s panels, CMU and concrete, gypsum
board and other potential substrates. PlasterMax is non-combustible
and with EIFS type mesh costs a little over $1.00 per sq. ft.
in materials.
www.barrett-inc.com/gigacrete   Shipped factory direct  call 877-904-8424

PlasterMax-ICF The Green Material for ICF

PlasterMax is a revolutionary  abuse resistant plaster for the toughest industrial high traffic, high abuse applicatins.  PlasterMax-ICF replaces gypsum on the interior sides of ICF at only 1/8" thick.  PlasterMax provides a smooth or textured finish and can be used over gypsum, cement board, CMU block,fiber board, monolithic concrete and unit masonry.   GigaCrete's products offer low VOC emissions, fire reistance, mold/mildew/insect resistance, reduced CO2 emissions.   They are sustainable and environmentally sensitive. Design for the Environment. The company has created a new family of eco-friendly cementious building products that are lightweight, stronger, more fire resistant, ballistic resistant and more environmentally friendly than Portland cement based materials. GigaCrete is an emerging market leader in the quest to innovate more durable and higher-performance construction products for builders, architects, and contractors. GigaCrete products many applications from housing and office buildings to defense and homeland security, schools, hotels, casinos, hospitals, restaurants, public buildings or any place with wall surfaces prone to abusive treatment, moist environments.  http://www.barrett-inc.com/

Cool your home for less this summer!

Keep the radiant heat out by using radiant barriers in your attic space. You can easily install radiant barriers over the weekend and reduce your electric bill and A/C usage.  Invest in your home instead of the local power company.  We ship factory direct to you at the lowest prices.  See below how reflective foam insulation keeps the heat out.   a 60 degree difference in test! Qualifies for energy tax credits. call 877 904 8424

 Read the following article
http://www.bobvila.com/HowTo_Library/Cooling_Your_Home_Naturally-Air_Conditioning-A1576.html

Green Builders use Radiant Barriers to reduce a/c run time by 20%

A study in 2009 at the Energy Center at Appalachian State University showed that up to a 20% reduction in the AC unit's run time during the 7 hours of peak attic temperature!   Energy savings, less electric consumed, pay less for cooling your home with a Green Insulation Product!   Radiant Barriers are easy to install, either in new construction or retrofit existing homes.   They are used in ADDITION to mass insulation as radiant barriers reduce the movement of Radiant Energy which accounts for most of the heat gain in buildings.  Reduce your attic temperature up to 23-degrees F by using the reflective foam product while improving the efficinecy up to 57% of the cooled air delivered through the air ducts.

Radiant Barriers qualify for LEED points, Energy Tax credits but more and more Green Builders are looking for the best Green Insulation Products available using recycled materials, easy to use, non-toxic and effective to use.   We ship radiant barriers for homes/business, metal roofing, under vinyl siding , metal building, animal barns and the uses go on and on.  All products are shipped factory direct to avoid warehousing (how is that a Green way to do business?) and double shiping !   Let us know when and how much you need and it will be at the job site for you.  Green Cooling And Heating Store promotes only the highest quality Green Building products.

Crete-Heat Growth up 48% due to Green Builders

Green Buildings start from the ground up-so people are using the best Green Insulation product out there under the concrete. Crete-Heat is insulated radiant Grid system for poured concrete. Shiplap joints keep the water/moisture out of the radiant tubing, 2 inch + EPS insulation gives the highest R- value for under slab, the patented 3" on center cogs make installing the pex, quick, easy, accurate and without the need for wire mesh or tying the tubing down. Green builders, architects, engineers and general contractors are demading the best! See the video of "this old house" using it! www.GreenCoolingAndHeatingStore.com look on Crete Heat page and see the video.




Don't let the heat go into the ground. Radiant heating is wonderful, install the best, start with the green recycled content of EPS foam.

EPS Foam Insulation

This article is out talking about the Global warming effects of some insulation.  Thought should share it as GreenCoolingAndHeatingStore  uses only EPS foam insulation.  Our Crete-Heat and Barrier and Igloo products are made from EPS foam.

Feature from Environmental Building News

June 1, 2010

Avoiding the Global Warming Impact of Insulation

Two common foam insulation materials are produced with hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) blowing agents that are potent greenhouse gases— extruded polystyrene (XPS) such as Dow Styrofoam of Owens Corning Foamular, and standard closed-cell spray polyurethane foam (SPF). While all insulation materials reduce greenhouse gas emissions (by saving energy), insulating with thick layers of either of these two particular foams results in very long “payback periods” for the global warming potential of the insulation, thwarting even the best attempts to create carbon-neutral buildings. The bottom line is that designers and builders aiming to minimize the global warming impacts of their buildings should choose fiber insulation (cellulose, fiberglass, or mineral wool) or non-HFC foam insulation.