16:00 Aerogel-based Solutions for the Building Envelope
Chair: Samuel Brunner, EMPA, Switzerland
Zero Energy Buildings with high-performance façades
- Envelope with aerogel insulation
- Vacuum insulation glass
- Phase changing material (PCM)
Dietrich Schwarz, Dietrich Schwarz Architekten AG, Zürich, Switzerland
Aerogel-based superinsulation: New opportunities and solutions
- Current situation dominated by high process cost
- New solutions towards scalable manufacturing and low-cost aerogels
- Product development efforts using granulate-based platform technologies
Matthias Koebel, Empa, Switzerland
The future of sustainable chemical and materials development
- New technologies – new risks
- Sustainable development of new materials: aerogels
Harald Krug, NanoCASE, Switzerland
High-performance aerogel concrete
- Challenge: combining high compressive strength with low thermal conductivity
- Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) with silica aerogel granulate
- Multi-storage houses without additional isolation
Lorenz Ratke, Institute of Materials Research, DLR Cologne, Germany
Results from real-life performance assessment of aerogel blankets in buildings
- Case studies collected in the context of the project IEA EBC Annex 65
- Aerogel blankets used in new walls and retrofits
- Barriers for scaling up the technology
Pär Johansson, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
17:30 End of Conference