Successful test in aerogel insulation render within EASI ZERo project

Last week Marc and Dirk took part in the joint Winter Workshop of the EASI ZERo and INBUILT Projects at the Leipfinger-Bader site in Pfeffenhausen close to Munich. It was an important milestone for the aerogel-it team.

The main focus for the team was aerogel insulation render. This product class is becoming one of the more important aerogel applications. This is because it brings benefits for energetic renovation of the old European building stock, especially heritage buildings. There is a huge amount of buildings that need to be energetically renovated.

Large-scale testing including an EOTA wall and showcase prefab modules had been done as part of the EASI ZERo project e.g. by Juergen Frick of University of Stuttgart. We had provided pilot quantities of our next-generation biomineral silica aerogel. The Sievert SE team around Dr. Tina Oertel and Franziska Endres then used our material to develop an aerogel render formulation. And the results the project team obtained with our aerogel were positive – which of course made the aerogel-it team very happy.

Plus, it was the first time that the team could actually see and touch the materials. The aerogel insulation render formed part of two impressive showcase modules that had been built at the Leipfinger-Bader site as part of the project (see photo).

A big thank you to the Sievert team for inviting the aerogel-it team to the meeting. It has been a great collaboration.

Visiting Leipfinger-Bader

Also, a big thank you to the Leipfinger-Bader team around Simon Eibl and colleagues for being such great hosts. We were shown around the manufacturing areas of window shutter cases and new clay interior panels. Especially for manufacturing of clay panels, the team had done an impressive job of setting up a first production. These panels are an exciting product with lots of intelligent details. The newly developed prefab living modules were also very interesting to see. The modules are fast to move and install for quick and easy setup of living and office spaces.

Osnabrück very present

Funny detail: Three institutions from Osnabrück were present in and around the meeting: Sievert, aerogel-it – and right across the road and well visible from the meeting room was a gas station of Q1 Energie AG (see photo). The team certainly did not expect to see so much Osnabrück concentrated in far-away Pfeffenhausen in Bavaria.