EPS / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...EPS) and Graphite-Enhanced EPS (G-EPS): These materials use air (or a mix of air/graphite in G-EPS) as the primary insulating agent. Their R-values are considered stable and do not exhibit the same dramatic temperature dependence as Polyiso. To provide a more accurate picture, many manufacturers (especially those sell...

...EPS (GPS/G-EPS)? Graphite-Enhanced Expanded Polystyrene (G-EPS) is an advanced form of traditional EPS foam. It is manufactured by incorporating fine particles of high-purity graphite into the raw polystyrene beads before they are expanded and molded into insulation boards. These graphite particles give the foam its di...

...EPS foam insulation or ‘Styrofoam insulation’ as it is often mistakenly called, which it isn’t. It may seem like splitting hairs, but Styrofoam is a brand name of XPS insulation, it is not EPS insulation, and environmentally speaking they're very different - read more here. A good part of the reason why EPS foam insula...