Attic Insulation Chicken Feathers

Turn the feathers into building insulation.

Attic insulation chicken feathers.

The chicken feather fiber was blended with binder fiber sheath core construction and made. After the lightbulb moment masters student elena dieckmann ordered 10kg of chicken feathers and began to experiment using them as. But two entrepreneurs from london have another potential use case. Around 900m chickens are slaughtered.

Cleaned feathers were mechanically worked to separate fibrous material from the quills and ultimately classified into two components. In particular the poultry industry generates a large amount of feather waste that would otherwise go unused. Feathers make up 5 of a chicken s bodyweight and 80 chickens can produce. Aeropowder is an environmentally friendly insulation material made using old chicken feathers.

Composite materials with chicken fibres reinforcing epoxy resin table 2. The ability of chickens to stay warm in winter has inspired a new energy efficient home insulation product developed by students at imperial college london. A fibrous material suitable for further textile processing and a residue containing large feathers and pieces of quill. Inspired by chicken feathers and the way they effectively keep chickens warm during winter three students from imperial college london have come up with an impressive solution for energy saving indoor insulation.