Membrane Energy Efficieny

Air domes come in various shapes and sizes, but one of the most important characteristic is their efficiency.

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HeroX offers five different levels of thermal construction (on the European market) U-3.05, U-1.74, U-1.43, U-1.2, U<0.2. Our thermal liners are made with a tabbing system to maintain consistent thermal value across the entire structure and minimize heating/cooling loss.  Without this tabbing system, the thermal value can be reduced to as little as half of what HEROX thermal liners achieve. In most cases, HEROX recommends triple wall construction to maximize energy efficiency. This is because triple wall construction provides the largest insulation value while still allowing the air structure fabric to remain translucent. By being translucent, the facility will require no lighting during daytime operation hours, significantly cutting lighting costs. In extremely hot or cold environment, HEROX has found that placing bubble foil insulation in-between the liners to achieve U-Value 0.1 thermal value (polyethylene bubble film in-between aluminium polyester sheets) provides the greatest savings as the heating/cooling costs of these structure account for the largest part of operational costs!

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