Foam board insulation is easy to use and a great DIY way to add some insulation. It comes in standard-size 4×8 sheets and smaller sizes, in thicknesses from 1/4-in. to two inches. Some types of ...

Rigid foam insulation sheets are easy to install. First, nail or glue furring strips either horizontally or vertically on 16-inch centers.

Science Bye bye Styrofoam? New plant-based material vows to kick insulation butt This environmentally friendly insulator is mainly derived from wood pulp.

A team of researchers in Germany has created popcorn foam. This insulation alternative to polystyrene foam is a renewable and biodegradable material.

Alex Wilson at Environmental Building News notes another significant problem with polystyrene insulation, found almost universally in structural insulated panels (SIPs) and ICFs: they are full of ...

Researchers turned wood into a better insulator than Styrofoam It could be used commercially as an environmentally friendly insulator.