The word "insulating" is correct in written English.
It is used to describe the action of preventing the passage of heat, electricity, or sound.
Example: "The insulating material used in the walls helps to keep the house warm during winter."
Alternatives: "Thermal barrier" or "Soundproofing".
Sheets of glass separated by a vacuum could bring windows' insulating properties up to par with insulated walls, yet allow them to be nearly as thin as single panes of glass.
Most attempts to produce low-dielectric insulators have relied on a form of CVD that spikes the insulating layer with small quantities of fluorine.
Energy efficiency and better home insulation is one way out of the government's dilemma, but insulating Britain's notoriously draughty housing stock would take years.
As well as boring things like insulating my roof, I want a 10 10 challenge that is fun and perhaps more profound.
To stop people shivering in their homes in a reasonable timescale, we need a programme that will start by insulating 4 million homes by 2020, including grant funding for 2 million of the UK's poorest households.
We know in our bones that we ought not to be driving diesel cars, leaving our lights on, flying to Tallinn on weekend breaks, putting off insulating our homes, etc.
We are also embarking on the Great British Refurb; by regulating the energy companies we are insulating 6m homes between 2008 and 2012, with every suitable loft and cavity being insulated by 2015.
The Energy Saving Trust offers information on getting help with insulating your home and reduce your energy bills.
Above all, no country in the region has succeeded in insulating business from politics.Take Malaysia, where efforts at reform look the most radical.
Whales, seals and penguins cope with the consequent danger of freezing up by burning vast amounts of food to keep their bodies warm and by insulating themselves with thick layers of fat.
Now that the invisible tartan cordon insulating the Scottish banks has been pierced, who knows what might happen?
