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minus-squareExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoNo bricks and concrete have high thermal mass, but they have fairly high lamda values making them very poor insulators Bricks: 0.84 Concrete (dense): 1.4 Hardwood timber: ~0.15 Woodfibre board: 0.11 Plasterboard: 0.16 source Wood and plasterboard is still a poor insulator compared to actual insulation materials (they’re around 0.035-0.038, with exception of PIR), but still much better than both brick and solid concrete.
No bricks and concrete have high thermal mass, but they have fairly high lamda values making them very poor insulators
Bricks: 0.84
Concrete (dense): 1.4
Hardwood timber: ~0.15
Woodfibre board: 0.11
Plasterboard: 0.16
source
Wood and plasterboard is still a poor insulator compared to actual insulation materials (they’re around 0.035-0.038, with exception of PIR), but still much better than both brick and solid concrete.