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Information Paper 9/98 Energy efficient concrete walls using EPS permanent formwork
Publication Year
1998
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Expanded polystyrene (EPS) permanent formwork used with in-situ concrete construction provides external walls which are highly energy efficient. These walls have low U-values, typically in the region of 0.3W/m²/K, compared with those for masonry and timber frame walls of 0.45 and 0.35W/m²/K respectively. BRE, the Ready-mixed Concrete Bureau and four suppliers of EPS formwork systems joined in a study to investigate and report on the buildability aspects of, and the adequacy of the structural fabric provided by, EPS permanent formwork systems.
Author
Moss, R. M., Arora, S. and Chana, P. S.
ISBN
9781860812149
Publisher Information
BRE
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