Attic Insulation Chicken Feathers

Cleaned feathers were mechanically worked to separate fibrous material from the quills and ultimately classified into two components.

Attic insulation chicken feathers.

In the age of bio design it s important to rethink the way we use waste. Feathers make up 5 of a chicken s bodyweight and 80 chickens can produce. 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. After the lightbulb moment masters student elena dieckmann ordered 10kg of chicken feathers and began to experiment using them as.

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. In particular the poultry industry generates a large amount of feather waste that would otherwise go unused. 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.

Turn the feathers into building insulation. The chicken feather fiber was blended with binder fiber sheath core construction and made. Composite materials with chicken fibres reinforcing epoxy resin table 2. Around 900m chickens are slaughtered.