Kev sib tshooj kub zoo sau nrog rau cov khoom thiab kev pab cuam uas tuaj yeem tiv thaiv kev sib txuas ntawm kub, uas muaj feem ntau los ntawm qhov kub khib (k-value lossis lambda-value) tsuas li thiab qhov tiv thaiv kub siab (R-value). Qhov lus nug tseem ceeb yog kom txo qhov kub sib tham, sib npaug, thiab sib luag, vim li no kom txo kev siv kub thiab yuav kom neeg nyob ntawm chaw tau nyob zoo dua, thiab tiv thaiv cov teeb meem xws li kub ncaws. Cov khoom uas pab sib tshooj kub zoo feem ntau muaj k-value nyuj siab dua 0.1 W/m·K; piv txwv li expanded polystyrene (EPS, ~0.033 W/m·K), mineral wool (~0.035 W/m·K), thiab polyurethane foam (~0.025 W/m·K). Tab sis, qhov txheej txheem tsis yog ib tug hle uas txiav txim siab los ntawm qhov khib kub. Cov ntsiab lus tseem ceeb ntxiv yog qhov nyiam nyav dhau los, qhov tsim thiab ruaj khov nyob rau hauv qhov kub plhaug thiab tshuaj tso, kev tiv thaiv dej, zog tshem, thiab tus nqi tshaj tawm rau hauv dej num. Piv txwv li, cov khoom sib tshooj kub zoo yuav tsum tsis txhob rov qab lossis suab ntxov thaum lub sijhawm, uas yuav tsim qhov hlua thiab tshem qhov txheej txheem. Rau hauv kev kho tsev, kev sib tshooj kub zoo yog ib qhov sib txuas thiab tsis muaj qhov tawv hauv saum npaum tsev, xaiv tshwj xeeb kom tiv thaiv qhov kub tshwm sim nyob rau sab nraud, ntawm qaum rooj, thiab nyob rau sab nraum qhov kho tsev. Qhov kev xav no tseem tshuav mus txog kev sib tshooj kub loj, xws li cov chaw sib tshooj kub roj hmong thiab cov aerogels tshiab rau cov kev siv tshwj xeeb. Qhov txheej txheem ntawm kev sib tshooj kub kuj raug xav los ntawm qhov nyiam nyav, xws li kev siv kub hluas, kev puav tswj dej num (GWP), thiab kev rov qhia cov khoom tom qhov siv tag. Thaum kawg, kev pom zoo kev sib tshooj kub zoo yog ib qhov kev tshawb nrhiav uas muaj feem ntau rau kev xaiv cov khoom tseem ceeb rau qhov kev siv tshwj xeeb, dej num, thiab hom tsev, kom paub tseeb tias kev xaiv zoo, thiab sib xyaw nrog lwm yam khoom tsev kom tsim tau ib qhov tsev ua zoo, nyiam nyav, thiab siv kub tsawg uas pab tau txais cov laj thawj thiab dej num.