Natural Cotton Fiber Insulation

I was able to find several sites that touched on the qualities and benefits of cotton fiber insulation. It seems that there are really only two products to choose from when deciding on a purchase of cotton fiber insulation; UltraTouch by Bonded Logic & Inno-Therm. UltraTouch has a web site linked here, but Inno-Therm was somewhat difficult to research.

Inno-Therm***, the company, purchased it's technology and equipment from the now defunct cotton insulation company Greenwood. According to the Thoreau Center for Sustainability, Greenwood's technology used 95% post industrial recycled fabric, 25% of which were polyester. The polyester was added to provide strength and recoil characteristics. It's fire retardant, info from The Green Guide, is a mixture of borate & ammonium sulfate.

UltraTouch by Bonded Logic, according to it's website is made of 85% post-industrial recycled natural fiber. It has no VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) concerns, and is a Class-A building product that meets the highest ASTM Testing Standards for fire & smoke ratings & fungi resistance. It's fire retardant is borate, from The Green Guide, again.

Out of all the sites mentioning cotton insulation, one in particular, Build It Green, seemed very thorough. I suggest you start there for more in depth information on cotton insulation.

***I have just recently been informed that Inno-Thern is now defunct. Just to check, I called their toll free and regular numbers, and it would seem Jon, my gracious informer, is correct. Both numbers have been disconnected. Jon did however, direct me to a new company, that I was unable to find while researching for my initial post. InsulTechnologies has Cotton fiber insulation as well as a few other safety & health conscious products. My thanks goes out to Jon, his input is exactly the type of collaboration I strive to achieve with this blog.