<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><?Xpress productLine="abcb-glossentry" ?><abcb-glossentry xmlns:xt="urn:xpressauthor:trackchanges" id="_710062da-7211-491f-ad4c-b3f12b9b96bb" outputclass="abcb-glossentry"><glossterm id="_b2324e76-ac51-44ce-9d6a-9b6a40fcd775">Reflective insulation</glossterm><glossdef outputclass="glossdef"><p>A building membrane with a reflective surface such as a reflective foil laminate, reflective barrier, foil batt or the like capable of reducing radiant heat flow.</p><callout id="_9fe6ad4d-a3ad-4ea8-b296-343c00a0426a"><callout-type ncc-info-type="info"/><p>For Volume Two:</p><ul outputclass="numbered"><li>Typical <xref format="dita" href="/tmp/QppServer/Publishing/5e2c1f63-e589-4ce1-95e8-5c3e286a7aff/1420_0.4.0.xml#_e5acb40f-3d3d-4a3d-8987-f09f7eaadf77" id="_36201661-8389-4fec-89d3-5a249b010a76" scope="local" type="abcb-glossentry">R-Values</xref> achieved by adding <xref format="dita" href="#_710062da-7211-491f-ad4c-b3f12b9b96bb" id="_1c7ed024-fe3a-434b-bf55-572d80c22d76" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">reflective insulation</xref> are given in the explanatory information accompanying Section 13 of the ABCB Housing Provisions. Information on specific products may be obtained from <xref format="dita" href="#_710062da-7211-491f-ad4c-b3f12b9b96bb" id="_e60efe5d-4030-45f3-a7ec-3dbac083960a" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">reflective insulation</xref> manufacturers.</li><li>The surface of <xref format="dita" href="#_710062da-7211-491f-ad4c-b3f12b9b96bb" id="_5b4a3a5d-bf1a-4eec-8c7d-a36d6b74a98f" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">reflective insulation</xref> may be described in terms of its emittance (or infra-red emittance) or in terms of its reflectance (or solar reflectance). Generally, for the surface of a particular <xref format="dita" href="#_710062da-7211-491f-ad4c-b3f12b9b96bb" id="_ad878f3a-55dd-4c1c-8b47-1e1a8a1496b6" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">reflective insulation</xref>: emittance + reflectance = 1.</li><li>Some types of <xref format="dita" href="#_710062da-7211-491f-ad4c-b3f12b9b96bb" id="_00e83e0c-010e-4acc-aa8f-0862340aac33" referencetype="Text" scope="local" synctargettext="false" type="abcb-glossentry">reflective insulation</xref> may also serve the purposes of waterproofing or vapour proofing.</li></ul></callout></glossdef></abcb-glossentry>