Re: Here is an interesting material to put on your greenhouse

While in Architecture school (18 yrs ago) I loved this stuff. This comapny
should have paid for my schooling
as much as I promoted it. Hadn't thought of the material since and have
never used it in a real project.
"Rob Halgren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> http://www.kalwall.com/about.htm
>
> I can only suspect the cost would be prohibitive, but this stuff is
> pretty impressive.  An aerogel core with some sort of acrylic casing, it
> allows a whole lot of light through, and somewhere it says that a 4 x
> 35' panel (that is feet!!) weighs only 210 pounds and has an R value of
> about 20...  Like building with styrofoam board that you can see
> through, it seems.  Can't find a price though...
>
> They built a lot of Milwaukee's new baseball stadium out of it:
> http://www.kalwall.com/15.htm
>
> Somebody build a greenhouse out of this stuff and tell me how it works.
>
> Rob
>
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