EU commission awards INSU-SHELL

Professor Josef Hegger (IMB), project manager Silke Tomoscheit (ITA), professor Thomas Gries (ITA) (from left to right) Photo: ITA
Professor Josef Hegger (IMB), project manager Silke Tomoscheit (ITA), professor Thomas Gries (ITA) (from left to right)
Photo: ITA

The EU commission has awar­ded INSU-SHELL with the Best of the Best Life Environ­ments Award. The project partners RWTH Aachen University, DuraPact, Saint Gobain Technical Fabrics and Gimpel Ingenieursgesellschaft mbH got the award for the development and application of lightweight, self-supporting outer wall elements in textile-reinforced concrete with high energy and CO2 savings.

The Insu-Shell façade elements are made of Textile Re­in­forced Concrete and polyure­thane foam insulation to form a complete exterior wall with only 18 cm wall thickness. This is about one third of a conventional...

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