A Comparative Performance Analysis of Different Insulation Materials Installed in a Residential Building of a Cold Region in Pakistan

Globally, the building sector consumes approximately 60% of total energy usage, while consumption residential buildings lies between 20% to 40%. The majority this is operational energy, which comes mainly from heating and cooling houses. Innovative cost-effective insulation materials have potential reduce requirements can therefore make more efficient. In study, three commonly available were experimentally evaluated for a case study buildings, located in cold region Pakistan. Glass wool, extruded polystyrene, polyethylene used, as materials, monitoring performance. Thermal data collected 21 days year 2019 using Testo Saveries System then used analyzing thermal performance each types materials. Other relevant including cost thickness, ease application, design life, fire resistance selected obtained broader (based on scorecard) analysis based multi-weighted decision model. It was concluded that Polyethylene most economical material amongst others, also showed best found be model and, hence, recommended application around regions