Me ka hoʻomau mau ʻana o ke kūkulu ʻana i ka ikehu, ka mālama ʻana i ka wela a me ka insulation wela o ka hale kūkulu hale, ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ke kūkulu ʻana i ka ikehu, ua lilo ia i kahua hou o ka noiʻi ʻenehana hale mālama ola a me ka noi i ko mākou ʻāina.

ʻO ka hulu hipa mineral e pili ana i ka huluhulu pōhaku, ka hulu hipa mineral, ka huluhulu aniani, ka huluhulu silicate aluminika a me kā lākou huahana.He liʻiliʻi puʻupuʻu puʻupuʻu, haʻahaʻa thermal conductivity, maikaʻi kemika kūpaʻa a me ka mea no hoi non-combustibility, wela kū'ē, hau kū'ē, corrosion kū'ē, kū'ē i nā insects.Mai ka 1950s, ua hoʻohana nui ʻia ka hulu hipa mineral no ka insulation ʻoihana.I kēia manawa ua hoʻohana nui ʻia i nā ʻano hale like ʻole, a ua hoʻokumu ʻia kahi ʻōnaehana huahana piha.ʻO nā ʻano huahana e pili ana i ka manaʻo, ka papa, ka pūpū paipu, ka poloka, ka moena, ke kaula, ka papa a pēlā aku.ʻO ka hulu hipa mineral ka mea nui i ka wela a me ke kani ʻana i ka ʻoihana a me ke kūkulu ʻana.

ʻO ka polystyrene extruded (XPS) he ʻano mea hou o ka mea hoʻoheheʻe wela i kūkulu ʻia ma waho i nā makahiki 1950 a me 1960.Loaʻa iā ia nā hiʻohiʻona o ka conductivity thermal haʻahaʻa, haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa wai a me ka ikaika compressive kiʻekiʻe.ʻO kāna hana insulation thermal, kūʻokoʻa kūʻokoʻa i ka vapor permeability, ikaika compressive kiʻekiʻe loa, a me ka hana maʻalahi a me ka hoʻokomo.ʻO ke kaʻina hana o XPS e wela a hoʻopau i ka resin polystyrene melted a i ʻole kāna copolymer a me kahi mea liʻiliʻi o nā mea hoʻohui a me nā mea hoʻoulu i loko o kahi extruder kikoʻī, e hoʻolōʻihi ʻia e ka roller pressure a i loko o ka vacuum forming zone (ʻaʻole pono kekahi mau kaʻina hana (). ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka XPS ma ke kahua kūkulu ʻo ia ka mea nui (1) nā mea hoʻoheheʻe wela ma nā paia i hui pū ʻia (2) kūkulu i ke kahua paʻa ma lalo o ka honua, (3) ka hoʻoheheʻe wela o ka hale i loko a me waho, (4) ka hoʻoheheʻe wela o ka hale; (5) ) Nā alanui, nā alanui mokulele, nā wahi kaʻa a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe e pono e pale i ka pavement re-slurry a pono e pale i ke kaomi;(6) ʻO ka mālama anuanu a me nā mea hana haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa.