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Hey, Mike, infrared imaging might do the trick.  You could combine a  
hands-on activity with photos of real houses taken in IR to show heat  
losses.  In addition to infrared cameras, there are much simpler  
laser-sighted IR devices that just give the temperature of any  
surface at which they are aimed, so you could create a set of  
surfaces of different temperature (hot water pipes with and without  
insulation, for example) and then let visitors explore with the IR  
probes looking for heat loss.

Chuck Howarth
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> Howdy all,
>
> Has anyone ever seen a compelling interactive about house  
> insulation?  I
> have seen the awesome aerogel demos where you put a piece of  
> chocolate on
> top of the aeroge.  Then you put a blowtorch underneath the gel  
> with out
> melting the chocolate.  But that demo is not exactly suitable for an
> unfacilitated exhibit. We are trying to teach people about the  
> energy saving
> power of insulation but every idea I come up with rhymes with fame.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.
>
> Mike
>
>

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