Publication detail

The use of insulating materials based on natural fibers in combination with plant facades in building constructions

KORJENIC, A. ZACH, J. HROUDOVÁ, J.

Original Title

The use of insulating materials based on natural fibers in combination with plant facades in building constructions

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Current trend in the field of civil engineering is building energy-saving and environmentally friendly constructions. One of ways of achieving these trends is using new, progressive construction materials, which are friendly to the environment, have good end-use properties and which are also for reasonable price. Another way is building plant facades and roofs. Plants are capable of regulating temperature and humidity in such constructions. Their advantage is positive influence on healthy living in large cities, where the beneficial properties of plants can be used, like capability of retaining fine dust particles, reducing the level of noise and protecting the structure from weather effects. The paper describes possible connection of both above mentioned modern technologies and gives results of research and development of insulation materials based on natural fibers; in particular technical hemp, flax and jute and their application into buildings with plant facades and roofs. The paper also mentions hydrothermal behavior of the developed materials, including computational simulation of behavior of the optimal hemp fiber based material after building into a structure with plant facade.

Keywords

Natural fibres, plant facades, insulation materials, technical hemp, flax, jute, hygrothermal behaviour, thermal conductivity.

Authors

KORJENIC, A.; ZACH, J.; HROUDOVÁ, J.

Released

15. 3. 2016

Publisher

Elsevier

Location

Švýcarsko

ISBN

0378-7788

Periodical

ENERGY AND BUILDINGS

Year of study

2016

Number

116

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

45

Pages to

58

Pages count

14

BibTex

@article{BUT120155,
  author="Azra {Korjenic} and Jiří {Zach} and Jitka {Peterková}",
  title="The use of insulating materials based on natural fibers in combination with plant facades in building constructions",
  journal="ENERGY AND BUILDINGS",
  year="2016",
  volume="2016",
  number="116",
  pages="45--58",
  doi="10.1016/j.enbuild.2015.12.037",
  issn="0378-7788"
}