Radiant heat barrier

Radiosity 3000 is a paint additive that creates a radiant heat barrier on roofs, ceilings, and walls to reduce cooling costs. It can also be used in interior applications to reflect and trap warm, radiant heat from fireplaces, stoves, or in-floor heating systems. Radiosity 3000 contributes to the thermal comfort levels in both summer and winter months while it reduces energy usage.

Radiosity 3000 reflects infrared radiant energy in two ways:

1. outdoors it reflects infra-red energy from the sun rather than absorbing it, and
2. indoors it reflects infrared energy back into the home from wood stoves, fireplaces, and hydronic or electric radiant-heated floors.

It's far more efficient to keep unwanted heat out of a home in the summer than to cool it down, and to trap the warmth already there in the winter than to create more heat.

Radiosity 3000 is made entirely of glass and has the consistency of talcum powder — imagine hundreds of thousands of hollow microscopic glass spheres permanently embedded in latex paint. The barrier created by these spheres reflects radiation in the infrared long-wave spectrum and thereby reduces solar gain from the sun.

Radiosity 3000, with its spray-on application, saves both time and money. It's a simple and effective replacement for conventional heat barriers, like bubble wrap with aluminum foil, which is difficult and time-consuming to install especially in existing homes.

In general, radiant heat barriers reduce heating and cooling loads by about 20%. However, it's important to note that actual savings from reduced cooling or heating will vary depending on the heating/cooling systems of a home, as well as how and where the heat barrier is applied. For those using hydronic or electric radiant heat, applying Radiosity 3000 to your walls and ceilings will reflect that heat back into the room reducing the demand on your boiler and reducing heating costs. This will not help if you have forced air heat as it is not radiant heat. Besides saving money, most people notice differences in the overall comfort of their homes after the application of Radiosity 3000.