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ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF “ECOCO-PANEL” AS A ROOF INSULATOR
JOHN RICK VASOL, CHRISTIAN JAKE SALAMAGOS, MIKEE MAE F. GALINDEZ
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Grade 12-Santana, Batanes National Science High School, Basco, Batanes, 3900

ABSTRACT
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elit augue sollicitudin justo, sed ultricies ligula neque non magna. Fusce posuere, metus eget vulputate
faucibus, felis odio pretium sapien, in aliquet ligula justo in neque.Suspendisse potenti. Nam scelerisque,
nunc id bibendum vestibulum, purus turpis venenatis erat, nec vehicula nisi velit sit amet ligula. Aenean
posuere, purus sed tempus dictum, odio lorem sodales sapien, nec interdum ex nisl eget risus.Curabitur
auctor lorem sit amet felis malesuada, vel fermentum libero ultrices. In hac habitasse platea dictumst.
Donec et ligula ac turpis egestas eleifend. Duis ultricies justo ut elit efficitur, at tincidunt justo interdum.
Keywords: Coconut fiber, coconut husk,ecoco-panel

I. INTRODUCTION II. MATERIALS AND METHODS

a. Procurement of Raw Materials

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adipiscing elit. Nullam auctor, nisl vel fermentum Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur
pellentesque, elit augue sollicitudin justo, sed adipiscing elit. Nullam auctor, nisl vel
ultricies ligula neque non magna. Fusce posuere, fermentum pellentesque, elit augue sollicitudin
metus eget vulputate faucibus, felis odio pretium justo, sed ultricies ligula neque non magna.
sapien, in aliquet ligula justo in neque. Fusce posuere, metus eget vulputate faucibus,
felis odio pretium sapien, in aliquet ligula justo
Suspendisse potenti. Nam scelerisque, nunc id in neque.
bibendum vestibulum, purus turpis venenatis erat,
nec vehicula nisi velit sit amet ligula. Aenean Suspendisse potenti. Nam scelerisque, nunc id
posuere, purus sed tempus dictum, odio lorem bibendum vestibulum, purus turpis venenatis
sodales sapien, nec interdum ex nisl eget risus. erat, nec vehicula nisi velit sit amet ligula.
Aenean posuere, purus sed tempus dictum,
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malesuada, vel fermentum libero ultrices. In hac nisl eget risus.
habitasse platea dictumst. Donec et ligula ac turpis
egestas eleifend. Duis ultricies justo ut elit efficitur, Curabitur auctor lorem sit amet felis
at tincidunt justo interdum. malesuada, vel fermentum libero ultrices. In
hac habitasse platea dictumst. Donec et ligula
To address the problem, the study assessed the ac turpis egestas eleifend. Duis ultricies justo
effectiveness of Ecoco-panel as a roof thermal ut elit efficitur, at tincidunt justo interdum.
insulator. It specifically aims to:
i. Determine the effectiveness of Ecoco-panel b. Processing of Raw Materials
as a roof insulator regarding its average
temperature and the heat resistance; Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur
ii. Ascertain the effectiveness of the adipiscing elit. Nullam auctor, nisl vel
conventional insulating material concerning fermentum pellentesque, elit augue sollicitudin
to its heat resistance and average justo, sed ultricies ligula neque non magna.
temperature; Fusce posuere, metus eget vulputate faucibus,
iii. Determine the significant difference felis odio pretium sapien, in aliquet ligula justo
between the Ecoco-panel, conventional in neque.
material, and the control group (without
insulator). Suspendisse potenti. Nam scelerisque, nunc id
bibendum vestibulum, purus turpis venenatis
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erat, nec vehicula nisi velit sit amet ligula.
Aenean posuere, purus sed tempus dictum, Table 1 revealed that Ecoco-panel roof
odio lorem sodales sapien, nec interdum ex insulator is comparable to the plastic foam
nisl eget risus. insulator as the obtained temperature inside the
room was decreased by 2 ºC. Compared to the
Curabitur auctor lorem sit amet felis temperature of the control group, it significantly
malesuada, vel fermentum libero ultrices. In lowered the temperature to 34.56 ºC from 36.22
hac habitasse platea dictumst. Donec et ligula ºC. Generally, the Ecoco-panel is effective in terms
ac turpis egestas eleifend. Duis ultricies justo insulating the corrugated metal plate roofing by
ut elit efficitur, at tincidunt justo interdum. lowering the temperature inside the room.

Table 1.1 Ecoco-panel’s thermal insulation test in terms

c. Product Formulation of heat resistance.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur Table 1.1 shows the lowest temperature
adipiscing elit. Nullam auctor, nisl vel obtained by the Ecoco-panel roof insulator wherein
fermentum pellentesque, elit augue sollicitudin it is revealed that when the temperature reached
justo, sed ultricies ligula neque non magna. its lowest, the Ecoco-panel can handle it for more
Fusce posuere, metus eget vulputate faucibus, than 10 minutes. During the first day observation it
felis odio pretium sapien, in aliquet ligula justo reached 32 ºC and holding it for about 17 minutes.
in neque. It achieved a total mean of 15.4 minutes duration
for holding its lowest temperature during the 5-day
Suspendisse potenti. Nam scelerisque, nunc id testing and observation. Overall, the Ecoco-panel
bibendum vestibulum, purus turpis venenatis can possibly perform heat resistance.
erat, nec vehicula nisi velit sit amet ligula.
Aenean posuere, purus sed tempus dictum, Mean Standard
odio lorem sodales sapien, nec interdum ex Deviation
nisl eget risus. Temperature 32.18 ºC 0.7893
(ºC)
Curabitur auctor lorem sit amet felis
malesuada, vel fermentum libero ultrices. In Table 2. Conventional materials’ thermal insulation in
hac habitasse platea dictumst. Donec et ligula terms of temperature.
ac turpis egestas eleifend. Duis ultricies justo
ut elit efficitur, at tincidunt justo interdum. Stated by the data shown at Table 2. The
temperature of the conventional material achieved
TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST
1 2 3 4 5 a mean of 32.18 ºC during the 5-day
Lowest 32.6 32.08 32.1 31 ºC 33.1 implementation and observation, the traditional
temperatur ºC ºC ºC ºC insulating material had achieved a lower
e temperature than the Ecoco-panel with a standard
Duration 45 40 15 60 15 deviation of 0.7893. Generally, the plastic foam
min. min. min. min. min.
insulator significantly played its function.

d. Testing the insulating feature of the Final Table 2.1 Conventional materials’ thermal insulation in
Product terms of heat resistance.

Testing the heat resistance of the final Table 2.1 presents the resistance of the
product plastic insulator to heat. It has a mean of 35
e. Data Analysis minutes duration of heat resistance. During the
implementation on day 4, it achieved the lowest
III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION temperature and was maintained for an hour, while
the highest temperature among the data has 40
Table 1. Ecoco-panel’s Thermal insulation test in terms
minutes heat resistance. Generally, the heat
of the temperature.

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resistance performance of the conventional nec vehicula nisi velit sit amet ligula. Aenean
material is undeniably effective. posuere, purus sed tempus dictum, odio lorem
sodales sapien, nec interdum ex nisl eget risus.

Curabitur auctor lorem sit amet felis malesuada,

Table 3. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) among the vel fermentum libero ultrices. In hac habitasse
two experimental groups and the control group in platea dictumst. Donec et ligula ac turpis egestas
terms of mean temperature eleifend. Duis ultricies justo ut elit efficitur, at
tincidunt justo interdum.
Based on the data provided in Figure 3. It is
presented that at p<0.5 it resulted to a p-value V. RECOMMENDATIONS
of .005037. The mean temperature between the
Ecoco-panel and the conventional insulating
material has a significant difference. This implies Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing
that the two insulating materials proven their elit. Nullam auctor, nisl vel fermentum
insulating property in terms of lowering the pellentesque, elit augue sollicitudin justo, sed
temperature of the corrugated roof proving that ultricies ligula neque non magna. Fusce posuere,
they are comparable to each other. metus eget vulputate faucibus, felis odio pretium
sapien, in aliquet ligula justo in neque.

Suspendisse potenti. Nam scelerisque, nunc id

bibendum vestibulum, purus turpis venenatis erat,
nec vehicula nisi velit sit amet ligula. Aenean
posuere, purus sed tempus dictum, odio lorem
sodales sapien, nec interdum ex nisl eget risus.

Curabitur auctor lorem sit amet felis malesuada,

vel fermentum libero ultrices. In hac habitasse
Table 3.1 Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) among platea dictumst. Donec et ligula ac turpis egestas
the two experimental groups and the control group eleifend. Duis ultricies justo ut elit efficitur, at
in terms of heat resistance. tincidunt justo interdum.

Figure 3.1 shows the significant difference of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

the resistance of both insulators to heat. And that
with a mean of 21. 467, it achieved a p-value Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing
of .029403. Provided by the data, both are elit. Nullam auctor, nisl vel fermentum
comparable in the means of resisting the heat pellentesque, elit augue sollicitudin justo, sed
received from the surroundings. This implies that ultricies ligula neque non magna. Fusce posuere,
the Ecoco-panel, conventional material and the metus eget vulputate faucibus, felis odio pretium
control achieved a significant difference sapien, in aliquet ligula justo in neque.

IV. CONCLUSION Suspendisse potenti. Nam scelerisque, nunc id

bibendum vestibulum, purus turpis venenatis erat,
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elit. Nullam auctor, nisl vel fermentum posuere, purus sed tempus dictum, odio lorem
pellentesque, elit augue sollicitudin justo, sed sodales sapien, nec interdum ex nisl eget risus.
ultricies ligula neque non magna. Fusce posuere,
metus eget vulputate faucibus, felis odio pretium Curabitur auctor lorem sit amet felis malesuada,
sapien, in aliquet ligula justo in neque. vel fermentum libero ultrices. In hac habitasse
platea dictumst. Donec et ligula ac turpis egestas
Suspendisse potenti. Nam scelerisque, nunc id eleifend. Duis ultricies justo ut elit efficitur, at
bibendum vestibulum, purus turpis venenatis erat, tincidunt justo interdum.
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