The Village in Burns Harbor

 DRINK MORE BEER FOR SUSTAINABILITY

Knauf EcoBatt® Insulation doesn’t look like any insulation you’ve ever seen, but that’s because its natural brown
color, think Coors or Bud Light, not Heinekin,  represents a level of sustainability never before achieved.

The color comes from ECOSE® Technology, a revolutionary, new sustainable binder born from five years of intensive research. Based on rapidly renewable bio-based materials rather than non-renewable petroleum-based chemicals commonly used in other insulation products, ECOSE Technology reduces binder embodied energy by up to 70%, and does not contain phenol, formaldehyde, acrylics or artificial colors used to make traditional fiberglass insulation.

EcoBatt Insulation combines sand, one of the world’s most abundant and renewable resources, post-consumer recycled beer bottle glass
and technology to create the next generation of sustainable insulation. So, aside from the obvious good feeling that comes from drinking beer in bottles, what are the ecological based highs one gets from participating in this new insulation technology ?

Subtainability. Ecobatt insulation is made primarily from sand, one of the world’s most abundant and renewable resources. It’s fabrication process boasts lower embodied energy than traditional batts. It’s rapidly renewable binder (i.e. beer bottles made from sand, i.e the more beer you drink, the better for the planet) eliminates non-renewable petroleum-based chemicals,( i.e. drinking beer is a personal campaign against terrorism and by not supporting the petroleum exporting terrorist breeding nations.)

And finally, Ecobatt insulation contains no phenol, formaldehyde, acrylics or artificial colors – it’s “naturally” better.  In addition to it’s environmental, ecology properties, Eco-batt insulation has excellent insulating value as well as reducing airborne sound transmission and
significantly improving STC ratings of wall configurations.  For installation contractors, it cuts easily and cleanly, recovers quickly, is less dusty, has a friendly feel and enhances productivity. As one of the five homes built for the Green Parade of Homes in the 1^st Certified Green Community in America, the award winning  GULL’S NEST modular home uses both ecobatt insulation and tuff rock drywall.
See this home in The Village in Burns Harbor or visit the Village welcome  center Saturdays and o Sundays, from Noon to 5 PM.

So grab yourself a bottle of beer and make the world a better place to live.

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