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GELCLAD
Highly efficient cladding eco-panels with improved nano-insulation properties

Challenge

Around 20% to 60% of all energy used in buildings is related to design and construction and in more than 35% of the cases, walls are responsible for the total heat loss/gain through the envelope. This could be minimized by applying insulation materials that presented superior technical benefits, when compared with internal insulation methods.
Despite their efficiency, traditional envelope external insulation systems still pose several environmental and life-cycle cost issues, especially concerning its durability, performance and maintenance. Moreover, conventional systems are still associated to hard labour installation procedures.

Solution

The GELCLAD project aims to generate an affordable advanced external wall insulation system for building envelopes. GELCLAD will be a sustainable lightweight, ready-to-use composite product, made of a distinct aerogel insulation core and a weatherproofing eco WPC skin panel in one single and easy to handle unit, able to attain high energy efficiency goals and specially designed for the major building renovation action desired for EU.
- 45% improvement on insulation performance;
- Service life time over 30 years;
- Easy and fast application;
- Competitive cost/performance;
- Retrofitting oriented;
- Respect for sustainable principles.

Objectives, Activities and Results expected / achieved

In update

Project Reference

723425

Funding

Intervention Region

European

Total Investment

5.538.847,50

IPN Investment

393.862,50

Total Eligible

5.538.847,50

IPN Eligible

393.862,50

EC Funding – Total

EU - 4.791.708,38

EC Funding – IPN

EU - 393.862,50

Duration

36 meses

Start Date

2016-09-01

End Date

2019-08-31

Approval Date

2016-07-08

Consortium

1. INSTITUTO PEDRO NUNES ASSOCIACAO PARA A INOVACAO E DESENVOLVIMENTOEM CIENCIA E TECNOLOGIA (IPN)
2. NAVODNIK KEMIJSKI INZENIRING d.o.o. (NAVODNIK)
3. BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON (UBRUN)
4. TECNARO GESELLSCHAFT ZUR INDUSTRIELLEN ANWENDUNG NACHWACHSENDER ROHSTOFFE MBH (Tecnaro GmbH)
5. SPECIALIST BUILDING PRODUCTS LIMITED (ECODEK)
6. LABORATORIO NACIONAL DE ENGENHARIA CIVIL (LNEC)
7. ACTIVE AEROGELS LDA (ACTIVE AEROGELS)
8. SLOVENSKI GRADBENI GROZD, GOSPODARSKO INTERESNO ZDRUZENJE (SGG)
9. CONSTRUCCIONES GARCIA RAMA SL (GARCIA RAMA)
10. FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. (FHG)
11. BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT LTD (BRE)
12. JUB KEMICNA INDUSTRIJA DOO (JUB d.o.o.)

Partners

Website

http://www.gelclad.eu

Keywords

novel insulation; cladding system; ecoWPC; aerogel; durable; easy to install

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