A multi-purpose insulating device that reduces fuel consumption by up to 40% thereby increasing the value of fuel storage by the percentage of fuel savings and restricts the transmission of oxygen, water and microorganisms into the air in the space to be heated and in the process reduces carbon emissions equal to the fuel savings, comprising:
- a thick non-toxic flat aluminum sheet laminated to a flat white heat deflective polymer on the matte side of the flat aluminum sheet, wherein the thick aluminum sheet is impermeable to oxygen, water and microorganisms;
- and
- wherein the thickness of the aluminum sheet eliminates the probability of pinholes and foil fractures in the aluminum foil from occurring during fabrication, handling and installation of the device, and wherein
- a reflective side of the aluminum sheet is permanently bonded to a white profiled heat deflective modular square or rectangular shaped polymer or other material front protective cover which includes a plurality of transverse right angle shapes and is divided into air filled modules;
- wherein
- the multi-purpose insulating device is placed between a wall and a heat emitter with the matte side of the flat aluminum sheet laminated with a flat sheet of white heat deflective polymer including a layer of adhesive and protective liner covering the flat polymer surface to be bonded to a wall when the liner is removed or left freestanding with the liner intact;
- wherein
- the flat polymer sheet is laminated to the aluminum sheet to prevent the aluminum sheet from sagging between the air filled modules and the front polymer protective cover and preventing heat loss by conduction;
- wherein
- the multi-purpose insulating device creates benefits by reducing heat exchange from a heat emitter to a wall from the deleterious effects of convection, conduction and radiation on a building envelope directly behind and above a heat emitter that is freestanding or fixed to a wall;
- wherein
- the multi-purpose insulating device eliminates heat exchange from the heat emitter to the wall removing the potential release of fine particulate matter from the wall area behind the heat emitter into the air in the space to be heated.