Aside from being light, they have excellent mechanical properties and can be cut to size but still retain their strength. “We have estimated that these foam blocks have at least five per cent lower embodied energy than similar conventional materials and an overall 51% improvement when we take into account the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and resource depletion,” says Dedeloudis. As part of the project, a sustainable plan for bringing the products developed
to market has been created. “What we would also like to see in the future is some sort of energy label for building materials with a similar approach as the one used to grade washing machines’, so that products like ours be classified as “Class A”. With the products developed in LEEMA offering improved performance and costs,
it is
likely that they will achieve some level of success in the market in the near future.
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AT A GLANCE Project Information
Project Title: LEEMA: Low Embodied Energy Insulation Materials and Masonry Components for Energy Efficient Buildings
Project Objective: Development of a new generation of inorganic insulation materials and building insulation masonry components (“3I”) with lower embodied energy (>50%),lower cost (15%) and upgraded properties Safer and cleaner indoor environment due to incombustibility and absence of organic/fibrous compounds Use of wastes of industrial minerals exploitation, recycled rejects and industrial by-products
Project Duration and Timing: Starting Date: 01/01/2012 Duration: 48 months
Project Funding: FP7 Work Programme: EeB-NMP.2011-1: Materials for new energy efficient building components with reduced embodied energy Grant Agreement No: 285059 Cost: 8,118,299.84 € EU Funding: 4,670,000.00 €
MAIN CONTACT
PROJECT PARTNERS
SandB: S&B Industrial Minerals Mining Quarrying Industrial Commercial Touristshipping Technical Company Sa – Imerys Etex: Redco Nv Schlag: Schlagmann Baustoffwerke Gmbh & Co. Kg Ntua: National Technical University Of Athens Dappo: D’appolonia Spa Morando: Morando S.r.l.
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Mfpa: Materialforschung und Prüfanstalt an der Bauhaus Universität Weimar Ustutt: Universitaet Stuttgart Ace: Architects’ Council of Europe Bbri: Belgian Building Research Institute (CSTC/WTCB) Fenix: Fenix Tnt Sro Fibran: Fibran Insulating Materials Industry Dimitrios Anastasiadis Sa Ams: Proigmenes Erevnitikes & Diahiristikes Efarmoges
Dr. Christos Dedeloudis Christos Dedeloudis is a Chemical Engineer, with a PhD in Metallurgy & Materials Engineering. He is working in S&B since 2005 and held several positions in New Product Development in the Perlite Division. He was Manager of the Global Construction Market Organisation and is now holding the position of Business Development Director for the Bentonite and Perlite Intermediates Business Unit.
Contact: Tel: +302106296179 Email:
Christos.dedeloudis@imerys. com Web:
www.imerys.com www.leema.eu
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