Synthesis study on thermal insulation improvement in construction materials
- Resource Type
- Authors
- A. Lachheb; R. Saadani; M.R. Kabiri
- Source
- MATEC Web of Conferences, Vol 286, p 08006 (2019)
- Subject
- cement
thermophysical properties
Materials science
lcsh:TA1-2040
Thermal insulation
business.industry
additives
energy efficiency
Composite material
lcsh:Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
business
plaster
- Language
- ISSN
- 2261-236X
Improving thermal insulation of buildings envelopes can reduce their energy consumption and related CO2 emissions considerably. Searching for new and innovative insulation materials is therefore a key challenge. This work presents a synthesis study on series of experiments showing the addition effect of different additives on plaster and cement composite thermal properties. The results obtained using the box method show a significant improvement of thermophysical properties with the increase of additives incorporation rate. From an energy and environmental point of view, the results of the annual simulations carried out for a typical building located in Meknes indicated that the use of the proposed materials has economic and environmental benefits.