Sustainability of biomass-based insulation materials in buildings: Current status in France, end-of-life projections and energy recovery potentials

Rabbat, Christelle; Awad, Sary; Villot, Audrey; Rollet, Delphine; Andrès, Yves

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2021.111962

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“…During demolition work, care must be taken to ensure that bio-composites are not mixed with other materials. For direct recycling, for instance, to produce new wood fibreboards from waste wood fibre, large quantities are required to establish economically viable recycling routes (Rabbat et al, 2022). As an alternative to recycling, composting biobased insulation materials is only possible if these do not contain synthetic or hazardous additives.…”

Section: Bio-composite Materialsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Recycling of organic residues to produce insulation composites: A review

Schritt

Pleißner

2022

Cleaner Waste Systems

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Section: Bio-composite Materialsmentioning

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Recycling of organic residues to produce insulation composites: A review

Schritt

Pleißner

2022

Cleaner Waste Systems

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“…High energy efficiency in buildings is achieved primarily through thermal insulation (Rabbat et al, 2022). Thermal insulation on the exterior of buildings reduces their CO 2 output.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Potential of natural rubber latex in cement mortar for thermal insulating material in buildings

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The improvement of cement mortar’s thermal and mechanical properties has been greatly impacted by the addition of polymeric materials. However, polymers added to mortar shouldn’t impair either its mechanical or thermal conductivity properties. The main idea of this project is to insulate buildings by reinforcing their constituent mix with natural rubber latex (NRL) to reduce thermal conductance from excessive solar radiation which causes discomfort to building occupants. Consequently, this study presents experimental findings on the influence of natural rubber latex (NRL) on the properties of NRL-modified mortar. Five varying percentages of NRL (0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5%, 2.0% and 2.5%) were added into the mortar. Properties such as thermal conductivity, water absorption capacity, compressive and flexural strengths were evaluated. In addition, scanning electron microscopy was employed for the microstructural investigation. The experimental findings demonstrated that adding 2.5% NRL to mortar increased its thermal conductivity of mortar significantly thus enhancing its insulative properties. Even though adding NRL to mortar decreased the compressive and flexural strengths of some mixes, this wasn’t too substantial nor substandard. The tests that were executed demonstrate that the NRL has a huge potential to insulate cement mortar.

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“…Over and above that, an additional growth by about 40% in building energy usage is estimated to occur in the next 20 years due to increasing demand for thermal comfort [24] Therefore, the adoption of sustainable, energy saving and eco-friendly technologies in the building sector based on low cost bio-based materials has become an emergency response plan worldwide. Subsequently 75,000 tons of fossil fuels are likely to be saved in France in 2050 while avoiding the rejection of 312,771 tCO2eq due to an energy recovery from bio-based insulation wastes [25].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%