OTTAWA — Canadians are
turning to petrochemically
derived sidings, insulation
and weatherstripping
materials to conserve energy
and lower heating costs in
their homes.

C3-Sunday News, March 23, 1980

e ene ‘oY sav

tional structures, costs only
$30 to heat over an entire
winter — and that’s in bitter-
ly cold Saskatchewan. More
than 400 solar-heated houses
now are being built in
Regina as part of a pilot pro-

dustry uses less than five per
cent of this country’s annual
crude oil and natural gas
consumption. Instead of bur-
ning hydro-carbon resources
in heating fuel, they are con-
verted into products that

According to the Cana- ject. save money and energy, as
dian Chemical Producers’ To make energy-efficient well as helping to provide
Association, such plastic components for your home, thousands of jobs for Cana-
foams as urea formaldehyde Canada’s petrochemical in- dians. —
and polyurethane have ex-
ceptional thermal-resistant
properties. In some cases,
these materials are twice as
energy efficient as natural
cellulose and glass fibres.

Their use in insulating
walis and roofs, windows
and door frames can cut fuel
bills by as much as 20 per
cent or more during a typical
Canadian winter.

Petrochemicals also play a
key role in providing com-
ponents for solar-heated
homes. A prototype house in
Regina’s Altert Park, for ex-
ample, uses ethylene glycol
and propylene col as an- . . ,
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