Jubilee Wharf, Penryn
 |
| Products
Used |
Rocksilk DriTherm Cavity Slab |
| Project |
Jubilee Wharf, Penryn |
| Client |
Robot Mother Ltd |
| Main Contractor |
Midas |
| Architect |
The ZEDfactory |
| Knauf Insulation Manager |
Ian Bolabd |
| “In delivering buildings that
potentially are Zero (fossil) Energy Developments at a future date
it is important to get the performance of the building fabric
correct. The use of mineral wool has been proven to be a cost
effective, stable, environmentally friendly product compared to a
range of other insulation choices. We required a life span of
greater than 100 years and a U-value of 0.11, with all of these
difficult demands, Knauf Insulation was ideally suited to meet
these criteria." - Wayne Tipton, Midas
Contractors |
Challenge
Specialist sustainable development architect, the ZEDfactory and
contractors Midas were required by their client, property
developers, Robotmother Ltd, to come up with a stone mineral wool
solution to fully fill cavity walls in the Jubilee Wharf, Penryn,
Cornwall development project.
In keeping with the development and ZEDfactory’s ethos of
creating environmentally friendly buildings and the reduction of
carbon emissions that are a cause of climate change, they required
a stone mineral wool product with a low environmental impact as an
essential part of this project.
The project is a mixed use scheme comprising a nursery,
bar/café, offices, live aboard facilities, external public spaces
and landscaping, 12 rented workspaces and six residential units
with external balconies
Solution
Knauf Insulation supplied 2,500m² of 100mm Rocksilk DriTherm
Cavity Slab which was installed in three layers to the £3 million
riverside development.
Rocksilk DriTherm Cavity Slab is free from CFCs, HFCs and any
other material with ozone depletion potential in their manufacture
and content and represents a true low environmental impact product.
Rocksilk DriTherm Cavity Slab is odourless, rot proof,
non-hygroscopic, does not sustain vermin and will not encourage the
growth of fungi, mould or bacteria. It contains a water repellent
additive to ensure that no liquid water is able to pass through the
slab and reach the inner masonry and is dimensionally stable under
varying conditions of temperature and humidity.
Lightweight and easily cut to size, Rocksilk DriTherm Cavity
Slab is easy to handle and install. The Slabs are compression
packed together in Knauf Insulation’s innovative packaging method,
Supakube, which uses advanced compression technology and strong
packaging materials ensuring the product is easy to transport and
store.
