Publication detail

Thermal Insulation Materials for Structural Details: Comparison of Environmental Impacts

STRUHALA, K. STRÁNSKÁ, Z. MATĚJKA, L. PĚNČÍK, J.

Original Title

Thermal Insulation Materials for Structural Details: Comparison of Environmental Impacts

Type

journal article - other

Language

English

Original Abstract

This paper presents a comparison of selected environmental impacts of thermal insulation installation into a structural detail located at the base of the wall. This is a specific detail as the used thermal insulation is exposed to high mechanical loads. Therefore, the use of standard insulation materials, such as expanded polystyrene or mineral wool, is impossible. Two variants of the thermal insulation were used in the assessment. The first one is a common (in such structural detail) installation of expanded glass slabs. The other one is the use of structural elements made of thermal insulation composite material developed at Faculty of Civil Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic. The environmental impacts were identified with the use of LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) methodology in GaBi 4 software tool. Environmental impacts of foam glass installation were taken from databases. Environmental impacts of developed composite material were calculated.

Keywords

Composite Polymers, Life Cycle Assessment, Thermal Bridge, Structural Details, Secondary Raw Materials

Authors

STRUHALA, K.; STRÁNSKÁ, Z.; MATĚJKA, L.; PĚNČÍK, J.

RIV year

2013

Released

13. 11. 2013

Publisher

RECENT SCIENCE PUBLICATIONS ARCHIVES

ISBN

1701-8285

Periodical

International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Year of study

35

Number

2

State

Republic of India

Pages from

1163

Pages to

1168

Pages count

6

BibTex

@article{BUT101635,
  author="Karel {Struhala} and Zuzana {Stránská} and Libor {Matějka} and Jan {Pěnčík}",
  title="Thermal Insulation Materials for Structural Details: Comparison of Environmental Impacts",
  journal="International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering",
  year="2013",
  volume="35",
  number="2",
  pages="1163--1168",
  issn="1701-8285"
}