» Blog Archive » Wool home insulation: the ultimate eco-friendly building ingredient? Wannabe Hippy
a journal on low-impact, low-stress living in the modern age

Wool home insulation: the ultimate eco-friendly building ingredient?

This seems to be taking off in the UK far more than in the US, but instead of scratchy, eco-unfriendly fiberglass insulation, there is a growing movement of eco-friendly construction and one of the popular choices for insulation is wool.

That’s right, wool from sheep!

It’s one of the ultimate renewable resources, is fireproof, provides acoustic insulation, typically has no chemicals, is biodegradable and has many other great properties. Check out all the wonderful features of wool insulation here and here.

Thanks to my friend at Potential and Expectations who pointed this out for me, check out her blog here :)

Related Posts:
  • No Related Post

This entry was posted on Friday, September 7th, 2007 at 10:13 am and is filed under , , , . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

« Nearly half of the UK population finds the climate change debate confusing
The Carbon Diet: calculate your ‘carbon footprint’ »

One Response to “Wool home insulation: the ultimate eco-friendly building ingredient?”

  1. Brandon Says:
    November 5th, 2007 at 11:00 pm

    This is a great idea! I wonder if wool could be used to wrap water heater pipes to keep the warmth in. There are some other tips on reducing your winter utility bill at this site…

    http://greenpieceblog.blogspot.com/2007/11/insulate-your-fall.html

Leave a Reply