Upgrade Your Dwelling to A 6-Star Energy Efficient With Insulated Panels

Insulated panels are strong, ready made and highly insulated to deliver great performance. They can be installed in all kinds of roofs and walls, and even be added in the list of energy efficiency materials while renovating the existing home, adding an extension or constructing a new home. Because the panels are ready made, they easily and firmly fit with each other. The polystyrene foam that makes the panel is sandwiched between two layers of timber.

The panels themselves are structural, and hence, you do not need a traditional timber work, brick work or steel frames. Once the panels are assembled they can be covered by a cladding, stone render or a lightweight traditional roof.

How can the panels improve rating?

It is a fact that many buildings in Australia lack proper thermal performance or energy efficiency rating. That is why most of the homeowners receive an inflated power bill as they require daily air conditioning of their rooms. It is simple - the better a building is insulated, the less air conditioning it requires. Installing insulated panels keeps your room at a comfortable temperature and underrates the extreme environmental climate. This reduces the requirement of electrical appliances and saves you from losing extra money. These panels are airtight and thus, the cool or hot air cannot escape through them. Apart from this, insulated panels hold a limited number of cold bridges. A cold bridge is a joint of a structure where conventional insulation is interrupted. This interruption allows hot or cool air to get transferred. The insulation on these panels are actually on a constant run and hence, the cold bridges do not tend to occur. The polystyrene foam never sags or deteriorates in quality. This shows that installing an insulated panel increases the energy rating efficiency of a building.

Going as per the new building regulation plan

As per the newly introduced regulations, a 6-star energy rating must be the minimal rating to mark a building or an apartment as standard. Therefore, achieving a 6-star energy rating for a dwelling is as easy as installing an insulated panel. In fact, using these panels along with innovative methods can even take your house up to a 10-star energy efficiency rating. However, this process of installation depends upon your building's design.

The best way to win a 6-star (or above) energy efficient building as per the new regulation is to hire a thermal assessment company in NSW.