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BASF technology used in insulating curtain facades

Posted by Mark Stephens

BASF has hailed the role played by its expandable polystyrene technology Neopor in the manufacture of a new back-ventilated curtain facade design from swisspor.

The chemical firm's material was used in the Swiss company's new product in order to take advantage of its insulating properties and resistance to wear.

BASF highlighted the advantages its solution offers over the mineral wool typically used in these applications.

It said that unlike wool, the Neopor-based system is "impervious to moisture and thus dimensionally stable, resistant to ageing and rot-proof".

The swisspor design has already won the approval of the German Institute for Construction Technology and will now be employed in the renovation of older buildings.

This comes after the firm stated earlier this month that Neopor has been used to create InsulWall, an insulation product from GreenTek, a building solutions firm.

GreenTek's technology has since been employed by the Pennsylvania Energy Coordinating Agency to improve the energy performance of a US Civil War-era building in Philadelphia.

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