{"id":141,"date":"2020-12-15T22:43:02","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T22:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thegreensurplus.com\/?page_id=141"},"modified":"2020-12-20T23:25:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T23:25:40","slug":"r-value-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thegreensurplus.com\/?page_id=141","title":{"rendered":"R-Value"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>R-value refers to resistance to heat flow, and is the metric by which insulating power is measured. The higher the R-value, the greater the insulation performance, energy efficiency, and climate control within the dwelling. The R-value of insulation is dependent upon the insulation type, thickness, and density of insulation material. Foam board insulation has the ighest average R-value per inch. R-value can be a useful tool in determining which insulation type is optimal for your application. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Regional R-Values<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The US Department of Energy generated the map below as guidance on the minimum recommended R-value in insulation application in each region. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1025\" height=\"625\" src=\"http:\/\/thegreensurplus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Regional-R-Value-Map-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thegreensurplus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Regional-R-Value-Map-1.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/thegreensurplus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Regional-R-Value-Map-1-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thegreensurplus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Regional-R-Value-Map-1-768x468.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1025px) 100vw, 1025px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>R-Value Insulation Chart<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1025\" height=\"625\" src=\"http:\/\/thegreensurplus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/R-Value-Insulation-chart.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"167\" data-full-url=\"http:\/\/thegreensurplus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/R-Value-Insulation-chart.jpg\" data-link=\"http:\/\/thegreensurplus.com\/?attachment_id=167\" class=\"wp-image-167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thegreensurplus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/R-Value-Insulation-chart.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/thegreensurplus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/R-Value-Insulation-chart-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thegreensurplus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/R-Value-Insulation-chart-768x468.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1025px) 100vw, 1025px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Multiple layers of insulation can be used to achieve the desired R-values depicted in the chart above. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>R-value refers to resistance to heat flow, and is the metric by which insulating power is measured. The higher the R-value, the greater the insulation performance, energy efficiency, and climate control within the dwelling. The R-value of insulation is dependent upon the insulation type, thickness, and density of insulation material. Foam board insulation has the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thegreensurplus.com\/?page_id=141\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">R-Value<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-141","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreensurplus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreensurplus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreensurplus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreensurplus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegreensurplus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thegreensurplus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":168,"href":"https:\/\/thegreensurplus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/141\/revisions\/168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegreensurplus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}