Publication detail

Cardboard Based Packaging Materials as Renewable Thermal Insulation of Buildings: Thermal and Life Cycle Performance

ČEKON, M. STRUHALA, K. SLÁVIK, R.

Original Title

Cardboard Based Packaging Materials as Renewable Thermal Insulation of Buildings: Thermal and Life Cycle Performance

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Cardboard based packaging components represent a material with a significant potential of renewable exploitation in buildings. This study presents the results of thermal and environmental analysis of existing packaging materials compared with standard conventional thermal insulations. Experimental measurements were performed to identify the thermal performance of studied cardboard packaging materials. Real-size samples were experimentally tested in laboratory measurements. The thermal resistance and conductivity of all the analysed samples were measured according to the procedure indicated in the ISO8032 standard. A Life-Cycle Assessment according to ISO 14040 was also performed to evaluate the environmental impacts related with the production of these materials. The results show that cardboard panels are a material with thermal and environmental properties on par with contemporary thermal insulations. Depending on their structure the measured thermal conductivity varies from 0.05 to 0.12 W·m-1·K-1 and their environmental impacts are much lower than those of polyisocyanurate foam or mineral wool.

Keywords

Cardboard, Thermal insulation, Thermal performance, Environmental impacts, Life-Cycle Assessment, Packaging industry

Authors

ČEKON, M.; STRUHALA, K.; SLÁVIK, R.

Released

28. 4. 2017

Publisher

Scrivener Publishing

Location

Beverly, MA

ISBN

2164-6341

Periodical

Journal of Renewable Materials

Year of study

Volume 5

Number

supl. 1

State

United States of America

Pages from

84

Pages to

93

Pages count

10

URL

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/scrivener/jrm/2017/00000005/A00101s1/art00009

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/69330

BibTex

@article{BUT135450,
  author="Miroslav {Čekon} and Karel {Struhala} and Richard {Slávik}",
  title="Cardboard Based Packaging Materials as Renewable Thermal Insulation of Buildings: Thermal and Life Cycle Performance",
  journal="Journal of Renewable Materials",
  year="2017",
  volume="Volume 5",
  number="supl. 1",
  pages="84--93",
  doi="10.7569/JRM.2017.634135",
  issn="2164-6341",
  url="http://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/scrivener/jrm/2017/00000005/A00101s1/art00009"
}