“The aim is to patent metal façade solutions that meet current ecological and financial requirements in order to market them”
The INCSEB project develops five ultra-low carbon steel building envelope systems through the innovative use of wood fibre
Wood fibre is a renewable, biological insulating material: a high level of thermal performance is achieved and other requirements such as mechanical, fire and acoustic requirements are guaranteed.
The first part of the project has focused on the development and production of the new sandwich panel systems, respectively prefabricated or installed on site, and on the laboratory validation of their mechanical, physical and fire resistance properties.
TECNALIA has carried out a full assessment of:
- Fire performance; reaction to fire, fire resistance and spread
- Air and water permeability tests
- Wind resistance tests
- Seismic tests
- Thermal and hygrothermal calculations and simulations
These tasks are complemented by the other studies and tests carried out by project partners on mechanical and physical aspects.
The second part of the project will focus firstly on the system’s durability assessment, mainly through the monitoring of two prototypes that have been built within the project. And, secondly, LCA indicators, carbon footprint calculations and economic viability, among other things, will be studied.
The ultimate goal of the project is to patent metal façade solutions that meet current ecological and economic requirements in order to place them on the European market in the future.
More about INCEB
- Project partners: L’Enveloppe Métallique Du Batiment (coordinator); Joris Ide; Monopanel; TECNALIA; IS-Engineering; Universität Coimbra; and TU Darmstadt.
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**The INCSEB project is funded by the EU’s Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS), under grant agreement No 101033984.
