Wall/facade
An overview of all insulation materials collected from walls and facades and tested within the Start 2 Reuse Insulation project. The cases came from various external wall build-ups, such as cavity walls, solid external walls without a cavity and timber frame walls. About 17% of the cases studied came from an external wall application.
Extensive reuse of insulation in a two-unit home
Reused insulation materials were used for the facade, the flat roof, the floor, the partition walls and the pitched roof alike.
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Dismantling an ETICS system with students
A facade with an ETICS system was dismantled together with four Industrial Engineering students and one Bachelor in Construction student.
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From a pitched roof to a facade.
Rock wool insulation dismantled by students gets a second life in a facade.
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Dismantling cellulose from a passive house
A passive house, completed in 2017, was unexpectedly expropriated. Instead of opting for demolition, it was decided to dismantle the house and fully rebuild it at the Verbeke Foundation in Kemzeke.
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Glass wool for a garden outbuilding
From a pitched roof to insulation in an outbuilding.
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EPS - 12 cm - facade
Testing different dismantling techniques with students.
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Glass wool (2015) - 10 cm - in timber frame wall
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PIR (2004) - 6 cm - facade
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PIR (2016) - 3 cm - facade
Dismantling of insulation behind facade panels from a care home in March 2024.
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PUR (1993) - 3 cm - facade
A facade was dismantled with Bachelor in Construction students.
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PUR (2004) - 6 cm - facade
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Rock wool (1976) - 8 cm - facade
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Rock wool (1993) - 7 cm - facade
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Rock wool (1995) - 5 cm - facade
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