Development of a New Type of Wall Element with a High Insulating Effect Based on Reflection Zones

Short title: ProThermoWand

Funding reference number: ZF4692901HF9

Project period: Apr 2019 – Mar 2021

Project budget: 189.000 €

Research focus:

Focus 2 (since 02/2024): Sustainable Objects, Urban Structures, Materials and Processes
Focus 4 (until 01/2024): Design of Sustainable Objects and Urban Structures

Structural unit:

Faculty of Engineering

Project management:

Dr.-Ing. Gesa Haroske

Project supporter:

German Federation of Industrial Research Associations (AiF)

Funding:

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi)

Testing in the climate simulation system ATLAS-Solar Climatic with thermography
Source: Wismar University of Applied Sciences

The aim of the project is the process development for the production of a prefabricated wall element with an integrated heating effect in sandwich construction, which is characterized by a high insulating effect.

The overall project is based on the analysis of the performance of conventional "sandwich" and "thermal" walls currently positioned on the market and their recognizable deficits. These large-format wall elements, which serve as the basis for panel construction, have only a low insulating effect and would not meet the requirements of the Energy Saving Ordinance for new buildings without the use of integrated insulating materials (core insulation). Organic insulating materials (polystyrene, polyurethane, phenolic resin, etc.) with very low thermal conductivity are primarily used. The aim of the project is to create the basis for the industrial development of improved prefabricated wall elements which, due to their performance, have room-climatic, application-related and economic advantages over existing wall elements.