That one word makes a world of difference. In an older, under-insulated building similar to my house — or, in what might be the worst-case scenario, a sun-fried southwest unit of the top floor ...

On a hot, sunny day, good insulation and double-pane windows slow heat transfer enough for air conditioning to keep the mean radiant temperature inside the building within a few degrees of the air ...

With roughly 24,300 tiles and 2,300 flexible insulation blankets used in the TPS design, it is no surprise that after each shuttle flight, there was a large downtime to assess, repair, or replace ...