thermal barrier
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The biggest focus of current green-building efforts is on the “building envelope,” which is the thermal barrier between the inside of your home and the outdoor environment.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 15, 2022
Buried inside the extra-thick walls of these homes are layers of high-density fiberglass insulation flanked by rigid foam boards taped together at the seams to forge a thermal barrier.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 14, 2016
More and more kings are moving up the Columbia and arriving in Brewster every day, and that thermal barrier will keep them there.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2012
In the current issue of Skyline magazine, Vice President Ray Rice of North American Aviation, Inc. explains why the thermal barrier can only be pushed ahead, never completely overcome.
From Time Magazine Archive
To find the practical limits of the thermal barrier, says Rice, "take a hypothetical missile flying at 2,000 m.p.h. at 60,000 ft."
From Time Magazine Archive
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