Attic Insulation Chicken Feathers

Around 900m chickens are slaughtered.

Attic insulation chicken feathers.

After the lightbulb moment masters student elena dieckmann ordered 10kg of chicken feathers and began to experiment using them as. Feathers make up 5 of a chicken s bodyweight and 80 chickens can produce. Des aides existent. In particular the poultry industry generates a large amount of feather waste that would otherwise go unused.

In particular the poultry. In the age of bio design it s important to rethink the way we use waste. Results of thermal and acoustic insulation tests of chicken feather fibre reinforced epoxy composites sample epoxy resin mass fraction chicken feather fibre mass fraction thermal resistance r m2 k w 1 noise reduction at 500 hz db a1 20 80 0 175 â 0. Aeropowder is an environmentally friendly insulation material made using old chicken feathers.

Chicken feathers may provide eco friendly insulation in the future. A b figure 3. Seen here are the feathers of a brown pelican. Composite materials with chicken fibres reinforcing epoxy resin table 2.

Inspired by chicken feathers and the way they effectively keep chickens warm during winter three students from imperial college london have come up with an impressive solution for energy saving indoor insulation. Micrograph of the secondary and tertiary struc ture of the chicken feather showing barbs and barbules 1. Just a fraction of an inch of this insulation can keep a bird s body temperature at 104 degrees even in freezing weather. Many are the short fluffy kind the down that insulates the bird from the cold.

In the age of bio design it s important to rethink the way we use waste. Aeropowder is an environmentally friendly insulation material made using old chicken feathers. Isolation thermique des bâtiments. But two entrepreneurs from london have another potential use case.

The ability of chickens to stay warm in winter has inspired a new energy efficient home insulation product developed by students at imperial college london. Birds survive in sub zero weather by fluffing their feathers creating layers of air and feathers. In march 2016 elena and ryan were awarded the mayor of london low carbon entrepreneur award for their feather derived thermal insulation blocks which combined standard insulation materials with.