Practical experience report LiaTop and research project absorption concrete

Lightweight concrete in Austria –

LiaTop – „Nothing can hold back a good idea, when it is the right time“

As you may have noticed, at the same time, there were different development in Germany and Austria, however, heading in the same direction, that is to say to design a three-layer masonry block with core insulation, not using webs. This report gives an account on the Austrian development of a system that took place under the following premises:

Designed for the construction of single-family houses

Conceived for the lowest energy consumption range (2020)

Maximum U value obtainable with 50 cm

EPS core, being maximized too

the...

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