Vacuum insulation panels: An overview of research literature with an emphasis on environmental and economic studies for building applications

Božiček, D.; Peterková, J.; Zach, J.; Košir, M.

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2023.113849

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“…The study was motivated by a literature review of life cycle studies of VIPs in building applications, where past research on VIPs' environmental and economic performance was analysed [19]. It was found that VIP terrace applications were not yet the focus of LCA studies, which makes this study the first of this kind.…”

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“…The study conducted by Božiček et al [19] evaluated the environmental and economic performance of VIPs in building applications. They found that VIPs can be used in over 10 building applications, ranging from various building envelope positions (roof, walls, floors) to specific positions/ systems (e.g.…”

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Evaluating novel building products through a building design-oriented LCA approach: Example of VIPs in terrace applications

Božiček,

Košir,

Zach

et al. 2024

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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INTRODUCTION: The construction industry is considered conservative in adopting new products/technologies, and environmental characteristics are one of the most important features of novel solutions. In this context, our study aims to present a building design-oriented assessment of a novel building product by extending the functional unit scope and involving multiple realistic building design scenarios. The task will be performed using the example of vacuum insulation panels (VIPs), a superinsulation product that can be used in various building applications. The study will focus on terrace insulation applications, where VIPs are an attractive solution for building designers due to the possibility of barrier-free floor design. However, they lack environmental evaluation. METHOD: A life cycle assessment (LCA) analysis is performed on two hypothetical buildings located in Ljubljana (Slovenia) for the cradle-to-gate and operational energy life cycle stages (A1-A3 + B6 according to EN 15978). A whole-year dynamic thermal response simulation was executed using the Design Builder software. Five barrier-free terrace design scenarios that influence the embodied and operational carbon footprint (while maintaining the functional and architectural integrity of the building design) were examined. RESULTS: The study showed that although EPS insulation showed a smaller embodied carbon footprint on the product level, the building level analysis showed that using VIPs in terrace applications leads to favourable or comparable environmental impact. CONCLUSIONS: Building products can be evaluated on three functional unit levels: product, application and building. By extending the boundaries from the product/application level to the entire building level, the study provides an example of a building design-oriented approach to LCA. The complexity increases by upgrading the functional unit scope to the building level, while the results become more case-specific and less general. Ideally, a novel building product should show environmental superiority on all three levels. However, as there are almost countless design possibilities in buildings, environmental superiority (or inferiority) on the product level does not necessarily indicate superiority (or inferiority) on the building level.

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Evaluating novel building products through a building design-oriented LCA approach: Example of VIPs in terrace applications

Božiček,

Košir,

Zach

et al. 2024

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Experimental and theoretical thermal performance analysis of additively manufactured polymer vacuum insulation panels

Pei,

Shen,

Zhou

et al. 2024

Applied Thermal Engineering

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Valorization of steel slag into sustainable high-performance radiation shielding concrete

Shi,

Xia,

Zhao

et al. 2024

Journal of Building Engineering

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Vacuum insulation panels: An overview of research literature with an emphasis on environmental and economic studies for building applications

Cited by 3 publications

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Evaluating novel building products through a building design-oriented LCA approach: Example of VIPs in terrace applications

Evaluating novel building products through a building design-oriented LCA approach: Example of VIPs in terrace applications

Experimental and theoretical thermal performance analysis of additively manufactured polymer vacuum insulation panels

Valorization of steel slag into sustainable high-performance radiation shielding concrete

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