SMART BUILDING MATERIALS
APPLICATIONS
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Composites:
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Composites
enjoy potential advantages like high specific strength, high specific
stiffness, higher durability, good fatigue performance, versatile
fabrication and lower maintenance costs. As a result composites are
being used in construction applications such as rehabilitation and
retrofit, alternative reinforcement for concrete and, in rare cases,
entire fibre composite structures like bridges, buildings, beam and
columns.
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Roofing:
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To impart protection and covering to the buildings using the renewable
energy resources like vegetated green roofs and photovoltaic modules.
Photovoltaic (PV) modules (which convert sunlight into electricity)
are integrated into roofing materials and are mounted on rooftop
racks. Once installed, PV roofing produces free electricity from
sunlight that can power certain home functions or supply most if not
all the electrical needs of a home and significantly reducing the
amount of electricity supplied by the utility company.
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Ceilings:
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The overhead
upper surface of room embedded with wireless networking and other
latest technologies provides ambient, illuminated interiors with
significant saving in energy. Integrated
ceilings with cable support reduce the building costs and offer a wide
range of new opportunities. Ventilation systems, tubing, structural
elements as well as power, telephone and data cables can be embedded
inside the ceiling to create the right atmosphere, ambience and
acoustic environment.
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Walls:
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Walls confine
the boundaries of the living area in combination with the latest
technologies like higher insulation, sound absorbing, fire resistance
etc to provide a safe and aesthetic look to the buildings. Rewards
iForm is an innovative, universal flat wall form that is horizontally
and vertically reversible. It is used to build highly insulated,
steel-reinforced concrete walls in all types of residential, light
commercial and large and high-rise commercial constructions.
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Doors and windows:
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Adequate ventilation and illumination in the habitats prevents the
penetration of harmful UV radiation and decreasing the rate of energy
consumption using the various coating and glazing on the doors and
windows.
Energy
performance is improved as the new windows can reflect or transmit
both visible and infrared light and helps in reducing the consumption
of electricity.
