Development of advanced insulation materials based on easy renewable row-sources from agriculture

Abstract

The use of easily renewable raw material sources is a key objective in material research in the majority of the world’s industrialized countries. The importance of easily-renewable raw material resources is closely related to the increasing demand for high-quality construction materials and sustainable development in the building industry. With the use of easily renewable raw material resources, the demand for consumption of non-renewable raw material resources decreases and there is often a decrease in the energy demands for the whole manufacturing process. In the case of raw materials from agriculture, an undisputed advantage is the local accessibility of raw materials and the decrease of costs and CO2 emissions during transport. The advanced insulating materials produced from inputting raw materials from agriculture can easily replace other/traditional heat insulating materials in building constructions which are highly demanding in terms of energy and raw materials. [...].