Patent ID: 8221910

Claim:
A material for energy management and peak energy reduction in a building structure, comprising: a loose fill inorganic insulative base material; a reflective barrier portion; a microencapsulated phase change material; and a functional polymeric phase change material that dynamically absorbs and releases heat to adjust heat transfer at or within a temperature stabilizing range and having at least one phase change temperature in the range between −10° C. and 100° C. and a phase change enthalpy of at least 5 Joules per gram, the functional polymeric phase change material including a plurality of polymer chains, the plurality of polymer chains including a backbone chain and a plurality of side chains, wherein a first portion of the plurality of polymer chains are crosslinked to each other, wherein a second portion of the plurality of polymer chains are crosslinked with the microencapsulated phase change material and a third portion of the plurality of side chains are mechanically entangled with the loose fill inorganic insulative base material.