Early life and education[edit] Rice was born in Washington, D.C., to Emmett J. Rice (1919â2011), Cornell University economics professor and the second black governor of the Federal Reserve System, and education policy scholar Lois Fitt (nÃ©e Dickson), currently at the Brookings Institution. Her maternal grandparents were Jamaican.
A vapour barrier (or vapour barrier) is any material used for damp proofing, typically a plastic or foil sheet, that resists diffusion of moisture through wall, ceiling and floor assemblies of buildings to prevent interstitial condensation and of packaging.he function of a vapor barrier is to retard the migration of water vapor, which are not typically intended to retard the migration of air. This is the function of air barriers.
The most common type of radiant barrier used in new-home construction is radiant-barrier roof sheathing â that is, plywood or OSB with a radiant barrier on one side of the panel.These panels are installed over unconditioned attics, with the shiny side facing down. radiant barrier is a thin sheet of reflective material, often aluminum, applied to a substrate such as kraft paper, plastic film, cardboard, or plywood. By definition, a radiant barrier has a low emissivity Amount of heat radiation emitted from a particular body or material.