According to the Building the Education Revolution (BER) component, it is a requirement that, wherever possible, all new buildings and refurbishments should incorporate sustainable building principles to help reduce the impact of building on the natural environment.
Features of the Thermomass building insulation system from Composite Global Solutions include:
- Energy-efficient
- Sustainable
- Quickly constructed
- On-going energy cost savings
- Fire-resistant
- Moisture- and mould-resistant
- Low thermal conductivity
- Durable
- Low cost
Dense materials with high thermal mass, such as concrete panels, absorb heat when subjected to a temperature differential, slowing heat passage through the wall. However, unless that wall is insulated, the heat, although slowed, will transfer to the inside of the building.
Insulating concrete panels with the Thermomass building insulation system creates an extremely effective thermal barrier, moderating temperatures by hindering the passage of the outside heat through the Thermomass insulated concrete panel wall. This thermal lag prevents the outdoor heat reaching the inside.
Concrete sandwich walls insulated with the Thermomass building insulation system retain 99.7% of the R-value of the insulation.
Thermomass Education facilities can be quickly constructed due to the walls being built and insulated in one operation. Thermomass buildings are fire-resistant, energy efficient and moisture resistant, with such a low conductivity that heat and cold are not transferred from the outside to the inside of the structure. Thermomass buildings are durable and low in cost.
The Thermomass building insulation system provides a simple way of maintaining the inside temperature of a building throughout the year and of reducing building heating and cooling loads. Energy savings are achieved for the life of the building.