| abstract |
An arrangement (10) of insulating material for insulating a building structure (50), such as a wall (52), is disclosed. The material arrangement (10) includes a planar backing layer (12), a planar adhesive layer 14 coplanar with the backing layer (12), and a planar adhesive layer 14 disposed between the backing layer (12) and the adhesive layer ( 14) between and also coplanar with a planar phase change material ("PCM") layer (16). The adhesive layer (14) is adapted to secure the material arrangement (10) to the structure under installation conditions in which the adhesive (14) is brought into contact with the building structure (50). In some embodiments, the PCM layer (16) is formed of a silicone foam polymer impregnated with microencapsulated phase change material in the form of beads, shells or particles (110), and in other arrangements the PCM layer Also included may be a phase change material impregnated silicone foam polymer (also referred to as "bound PCM") adsorbed into an amount of porous, inorganic, fine-grained particulate solids. |