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1 Introduction 6.2 Processing The Data 6.3 Initial Findings 6.4 Research ...

1 Introduction
6.2 Processing the Data
6.3 Initial findings
6.4 Research findings
6.5 Proposal of new model
6.6 Bibliography
Chapter 7 Conclusions
Chapter 8Areas of further research

References
Bibliography
Appendices
Chapter 1 Introduction
This dissertation will investigate the development and application of insulation rigid boards in the context of global warming. The Greenhouse effect and its damaging effect on our planet will be discussed, and then this context will be used to assess recent governmental policies on the reduction of CO2 emissions and on the development of eco-housing. This dissertation also explains what insulation rigid boards are and how they are made, and how rigid boards can be used as a method of reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
Over recent years, the government has continued to implement new standards with regards to part L of the building regulations. Rigid insulation boards appear to be the best performing product that can be used in building projects in order to meet these standards. Their lightweight and easiness to cut allow easy application and their flexibility allows them to be used in any part of the building, so that heat loss can be greatly reduced and energy can be saved, thus reducing the amount of CO2 emissions, as less energy is used within the building. It has been found, for example, that Kingspan boards have significantly reduced U values for buildings without increasing the buildings' volume. Any potential ecological advantage of using these boards must, however, be balanced against the potential energy wastages accrued in the process of producing and transporting them to the building site.

Rationale
There is, nowadays, a realisation that the changing climate, caused by decades of man made pollution, through the release of potentially damaging gases, which damage the ozone and lead to climate change, is affecting the Earth's natural systems. Sustainability has therefore become an issue of central concern for both the UK Government, and for citizens within the UK, as the concern for the environment has grown out of a wider recognition that rising populations and economic development are posing a threat to the Earth, in terms of leading to a progressive degradation of the Earth and its natural resources. Thus, sustainability in construction and for energy use is desirable from now on, and in to the future, in terms of saving the Earth, and its systems, from further harm.
This dissertation looks at the need for the construction industry to reduce CO2 emissions. The government signed the Kyoto Agreement, which obliges them to reduce emission to within certain required standards.

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