Insulation for structural insulated panels
AssigneeVerdant Building Products
InventorAnthony Dente
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Abstract
A building panel has a frame of horizontal and vertical elements, having an overall width, a length and a thickness, one or more volumes within the frame, and insulative material in the one or more volumes, the insulative material comprising plant matter chopped into pieces having a specific range of size, mixed with binder matter holding proximate pieces of the plant matter together. The binder matter is no more than ten percent of the weight of the insulative material, and the insulative material impedes heat transfer across the thickness of the building panel.
Claims14
A building panel, comprising:
- a frame of horizontal and vertical elements, having an overall width, a length and a thickness;
- one or more volumes within the frame;
- and
- insulative material in the one or more volumes, the insulative material comprising plant matter chopped into pieces having a specific range of size, mixed with a liquid binder matter, curable by addition of a chemically reactive agent, the cured binder matter holding proximate pieces of the plant matter together;
- wherein the dry binder matter is no more than ten percent of the dry weight of the insulative material, and wherein the insulative material impedes heat transfer across the thickness of the building panel.
A method for forming a building panel, comprising:
- implementing a frame of horizontal and vertical elements, the frame having an overall width, a length and a thickness, the frame defining one or more volumes within the frame;
- placing insulative material in the one or more volumes, the insulative material comprising plant matter chopped into pieces having a specific range of size, mixed with a liquid binder matter, curable by addition of a chemically reactive agent;
- and
- adding the chemically reactive agent;
- wherein the cured binder matter holds proximate pieces of the plant matter together, the binder matter is no more than ten percent of the weight of the insulative material and the insulative material impedes heat transfer across the thickness of the building panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.