One of the most costly expenses that industry faces is unexpected downtime. Even the scheduled shutdown of a boiler or other machinery costs thousands to millions and more each day. When a problem leads to an unscheduled and unbudgeted incident, matters are far worse. Fortunately, investing in proper insulation can help to reduce or prevent
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Let’s talk honestly about the oil industry in Canada for a moment. Over the past few years, there has been growing concern about the environment, which has led to more and more protests against pipelines. Obviously at Westcal Insulation, we’re going to be a bit biased. More pipelines means more work for us, but we
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Before the Industrial Revolution, insulation mostly referred to the clothing people wore to stay warm. Even residential insulations, used to help keep homes a tolerable temperature, were considered luxuries well into the 1950s. However, industry couldn’t afford to wait as long as homeowners, so by 1906, the earliest insulation companies were forming in Canada. These
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While it may seem counterintuitive to spend money when the poor economy has companies across Canada tightening their belts and slashing budgets, there are some investments that continue to just make sense. These sorts of investments have hard data and evidence to back up that they’ll pay for themselves and begin having a net positive
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Here at Westcal, we tend to think insulation is one of the best investments a company can make, and with good reason. While most investments only help a company on one or two fronts, high quality insulation installed by an expert for maximum benefits provides your company with three quantifiable benefits. Time. Lost time due
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Thanks to the internet and our increasingly more globalized world, Canadians have more options than ever when choosing which companies they wish to work with. When hiring a firestopping contractor for a new high rise or investing in insulation for a pipeline, you can consider many options and carefully decide which team best suit your
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Whether you’re building a new commercial or public building or you’re responsible for managing one, you need to think about firestopping. Firestopping is the careful engineering of human spaces that allow buildings to passively resist fire. Firestopping also refers to the vital maintenance that keeps buildings up to fire code. Why is Firestopping Important? When
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Insulation is one of the best investments that an industry can make. Studies repeatedly show how proper insulation offer nations the opportunity to prevent millions of tons of CO2 gas from entering the atmosphere. More importantly for your bottom line, adequate insulation can save industry billions. In Europe, a 2013 study found that investing in
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Often, a stretch of pipe can look like it’s half fittings. Every tee, 90/45 degree elbow, and union can cause a crack in the pipe where energy leaks out, and lost energy is lost money. In general, you can predict that leaving fittings uninsulated costs you 15-20% of your system’s thermal energy, which makes insulation
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Over the last few years, green has come to mean environmentally friendly. A green solution is often more energy-efficient or natural or safe. But before global climate change was at the forefront of many people’s mind, green used to refer to money. Fortunately, when it comes to investing in insulation, you benefit from increased efficiency
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