Fire protection and thermal insulation are no contradiction. Thin, effective insulation and fire protection are indeed compatible. Since this year the new insulation material CALOSTAT is available in the UK and already used in several objects in London.

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The highest residential building in Stuttgart (Germany) uses CALOSTAT庐  as the insulation in the fa莽ade to save space for more room to let and sell.

CALOSTAT makes it possible. This innovative insulation material from Evonik is purely mineral-based. In chemical terms, its main component鈥攕ilicon dioxide鈥攊s basically sand in a special form. This explains why this simple fact is true: CALOSTAT does not burn. No restrictions, no exceptions. 

Manhattan Loft Garden

Manhattan Loft Gardens is a 42-storey 143m (469ft)-tall apartment building in Stratford, London CALOSTAT庐 is used in parts of the fa莽ade where the space was limited and fire protection was needed.

CALOSTAT庐 has an extremely low thermal conductivity of only 位 = 0.019 W/(m K). This hydrophobic insulation material also distinguishes itself with a compressive strength of > 90 kPa. These lightweight panels contain no fungicides, algicides or pesticides. It is reaction-neutral in relation to other composite materials, resistant to environmental influences such as mold formation, and unlike most of the fossil insulating materials currently found on the market, recyclable.

CALOSTAT is classified in accordance with EN 13501 as A2 - s1, d0. That means the insulation material won鈥檛 contribute in any stage of a fire including the fully developed fire and is classified as being in the lowest smoke emission category and in accordance with the European standard has no burning falling droplets. The product isn鈥檛 affected by the recently announced ban on combustible materials in cladding systems and can continue to be used in the walls of buildings over 18m high after 21 December when the ban takes effect.

CALOSTAT doesn鈥檛 just mean that fire protection and thermal insulation no longer contradict each other, they are in fact compatible. Depending on how you look at it, either it is a fire protection panel that also insulates, or it鈥檚 an insulation panel that also protects against fire. It is also fine to use it in buildings that are over 22 meters high. It can also be installed as a fire barrier or in other particularly vulnerable areas of the facade, such as roller shutter boxes or lintel panels. 

Muri-bei-Bern-Switzerland

To ensure a low R-value along the entire building envelope CALOSTAT庐 was used in the roller shutter boxes and other parts of the parapet during the energetic refurbishment of this residential building close to Bern (Switzerland).

CALOSTAT-Pure-and CALOSTAT-Sandwich

CALOSTAT庐 is available as CALOSTAT庐 Pure and CALOSTAT庐 Sandwich. CALOSTAT庐 Sandwich is an insulation board with a CALOSTAT庐 Pure core, mechanically bonded to two covering layers for increased stability and improved processability.

The material was introduced into the construction market 2015 and has proven its performance in quite a number of different buildings. In accordance to the European Technical Assessment CALOSTATcan be used for the external insulation of roofs and floors and also of walls behind claddings. Certainly, it is also suitable for internal insulations in different systems, as it emits no harmful substances into the room air.

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CALOSTAT庐 is core hydrophobic. That means it does not take up any liquid water. At the same time, CALOSTAT庐 is open for vapour diffusion.

CALOSTAT non combustible

CALOSTAT庐 is a class A material. It does not burn.

Several objects in the United Kingdom already benefit from the new award-winning high-performance material. For example, in London CALOSTAT helps modern fa莽ades to combine fire-protection and insulation in a high-class retrofit project in the Oxford Street. At certain points, not much space was available in the facade and a thin fire-protection material was essential that would not, however, compromise insulation performance. The choice therefore fell on CALOSTAT. Tobias Wild-Blatt, Architect and Technical Sales Manager of Evonik sees the reasons for the success in the British market in the exceptional properties of CALOSTATand in the service for the customers: 鈥淥ur team gives the planners expert advice and so contributes to the success of a project. In famous projects as the Manhattan Loft Gardens or right now in the Battersea Station revitalization one can find CALOSTAT.鈥&苍产蝉辫;