Big Green: Cotton insulation

[Halle Stern, Michelle]

I'm looking for information independent of the manufacturer, including any personal experience people have with performance.


Michelle

-----Original Message-----
From: Goldblum, Gary [mailto:ggoldblum at hedev.com]
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 2:50 PM
To: Halle Stern, Michelle; biggreen at lists.biggreen.org
Subject: RE: Big Green: Cotton insulation

See link below for info
http://www.bondedlogic.com/ultratouch.htm



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-----Original Message-----

From: biggreen-bounces at lists.biggreen.org
[mailto:biggreen-bounces at lists.biggreen.org] On Behalf Of Halle Stern, Michelle
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 12:22 PM
To: biggreen at lists.biggreen.org
Subject: Big Green: Cotton insulation

Is cotton insulation a viable choice to replace fiberglass on a large hospital? I'm hearing that the r-value and STC are unconfirmed, that there are performance issues, and that the fire retardants may be toxic.

Michelle

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