THE POTENTIAL TO REPLACE OIL-BASED POLYSTYRENE INSULATION
Today's creed: prioritize sustainableToday's creed: prioritize sustainable, c, cost-effective, and swift construction methods, preferably avoiding the use of sand, gravel, cement, and oil-derived materials.
The idea of ECOCELL & BAMBOOCELL and the NEWLY DEVELOPED INSULATION HONEYCOMB is based on the inventor Fredy Iseli's 40 years of experience as an architect and property developer. In the process, he came to the realisation that in future buildings would no longer have to be constructed by hand, but industrially. The aim is to transfer every possible hour of labour from the building site to the factory.
In view of the scarcity of sand and gravel and the high CO2 emissions caused by cement production, the need to use more sustainable materials and manufacturing processes is becoming clear. ECOCELL & BAMBOOCELL are focussing on innovative approaches to meet these challenges. In addition, the use of oil-based materials is avoided through the latest innovation, the INSULATION HONEYCOMB, to promote an environmentally friendly approach.
Wood is often seen by the environmentally conscious as the guiding star for sustainable construction. However, the fact is that more wood is currently being taken from the forests than is growing back, and that increased use of wood does not slow down climate change, but can even accelerate it, due to increasing deforestation.
One alternative to wood, which is becoming increasingly scarce, is BAMBOO, a raw material that has hardly been utilised in the construction industry to date. As one of the fastest growing renewable raw materials in the world, BAMBOO absorbs large amounts of CO2 during its growth and has proven its worth in the production of lightweight composite materials such as BAMBOOCELL ROOFS.
ECOCELL & BAMBOOCELL stands for industrial construction with standardised lightweight composite elements made from the natural, renewable and CO2-binding raw materials paper, wood and bamboo. At the centre is the recyclable INSULATION HONEYCOMB invented by Fredy Iseli. This accounts for around 75% of the material content of the building elements, optimises the use of the SUSTAINABLE RAW MATERIALS WOOD AND BAMBOO and represents a global ALTERNATIVE TO OIL-BASED INSULATION PANELS.
The INSULATION HONEYCOMB was developed in cooperation with one of the largest global chemical companies, which is also one of the most important manufacturers and suppliers of POLYSTRENE INSULATION PADS. The RECYCLABLE INSULATION HONEYCOMB offers the possibility of replacing these and thus significantly reducing global oil consumption and the associated GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS (GHG), as called for in the 2015 PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT.
POLYSTRENE INSULATION PANELS, continue to account for more than 37% (EPS 31% und XPS 6%) of all insulation panels produced worldwide. Every day, approximately 3’000 lorry loads of this material, which in several countries is classified as "HAZARDOUS WASTE", are produced and installed worldwide. This requires about ONE-HALF THOUSANDTH OF THE OF THE WORLDWIDE OIL PRODUCTION.
The quickest and easiest way to use the INSULATION HONEYCOMB is to REPLACE POLYSTRENE PANELS in SIP’s (structural insulated panels).? The INSULATION HONEYCOMB offers SIP-MANUFACTURERS the opportunity to replace the POLYSTRENE sandwich core with the recyclable INSULATION HONEYCOMB. This will enable an entire industrial sector to fulfil future legal requirements without HAZARDOUS WASTE and the associated disposal fees. The global market size is estimated at over US$ 12 billion.
By using the INSULATION HONEYCOMB , SIP manufacturers can not only offer wall and roof elements as before, but also FLOOR AND CEILING ELEMENTS WITH STATIC SUPPORT FUNCTIONS. This means, for example, that ceiling elements can be freely spanned over 6.00 metres. The additional application options are expected to almost double the size of the market for SIP-USERS.
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