Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. REMEMBER asbestos: it was a great building material — cheap, fire-resistant and an electrical insulator? But its side effects were ...

With the aim of promoting more efficient ways to isolate and protect building envelopes, the Chilean team Rootman has developed Thermoroot; a biodegradable and 100% natural insulation made from roots ...

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] DK Board Co., Ltd. (CEO Han Gap-ho), which succeeded in mass-producing EPS quasi-noncombustible insulation material using a ...

Cellulose insulation has been around since the 1970s, although it has become more popular in recent years, as green buildings now play a larger role in our society. Cellulose insulation includes more ...

Lotte Chemical said Thursday that the company has developed urethane-based semi-non-combustible insulation product. The company added that the new fire-resistant insulation product can reduce the ...

With recent high-profile fires, most notably the Grenfell Tower fire of 2017, there has been a renewed focus on the fire safety of buildings across all areas of construction. In an external fire ...

DK Board Co., Ltd.'s core material non-combustible EPS insulation material 'DK Board-X' once again proved to be an excellent product with fire safety by participating in the '2024 Korea Build Week' ...

High-performance thermally insulating materials from renewable resources are needed to improve the energy efficiency of buildings. Traditional fossil-fuel-derived insulation materials such as expanded ...

Aluminium composite material cladding with a fire-retardant polyethylene filler and phenolic foam insulation has failed fire tests conducted by BRE. The tests have also identified 22 buildings over 18 ...

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is taking steps to require retrofitting in-service aircraft with more fire-resistant thermal-acoustic insulation. The move, outlined in a proposed rule ...

As explained in CW’s 2019 tour article, Holland Composites (Lelystad, Netherlands) has been developing composite solutions in architecture and construction for decades. The company’s first project, ...