Caparol hemp insulation successful with GreenTec Awards 2016
Ober-Ramstadt, 8th June 2016 (DAW) – The competition entry, "Facade insulation from hemp", took second place in the "Building & Living" category at this year's GreenTec Awards. On 29th May 2016 the prize winners in all fifteen categories received their awards at a festive gala in Munich with 1000 invited guests from politics, industry, entertainment and the press.
For the DAW subsidiary company, Naporo Klima Dämmstoff GmbH from Haugsdorf, Austria, the nomination and Silver Award for the insulation board sold in Germany under the Caparol brand represented a further success of which the DAW Executive Board Member, Dr. Christoph Hahner, and Robert Schwemmer (CEO, Naporo) were justifiably proud. "After the nomination for the Austrian State Award last year, the nomination for the GreenTec Awards is confirmation that we are on the right path with ecological hemp insulation," said Dr. Christoph Hahner.
Internationally, the GreenTec Awards are regarded as being amongst the major independent environmental and economic awards. They have been granted since 2008 in various categories to companies, scientific establishments or private projects which have set benchmarks in the field of sustainable environmental technologies. The award is intended to harmonise technology and the environment and to inspire the wider public for environmental commitment.
PC: In Munich the award was accepted by the DAW Executive Board Member, Dr. Christoph Hahner, Robert Schwemmer (Managing Director, Naporo Klima Dämmstoff GmbH), Bettina Klumpp-Bickert (DAW Sustainability) and Karin Laberenz (DAW Corporate Communication), from r.-l.
Intelligent, sustainable facade insulation
Hemp is one of the oldest plants cultivated by man and until the start of the 20th century it also played an important role as a raw material source. For some years now the plant has experienced a renaissance and is being rediscovered for an increasing number of fields of application. Due to its extraordinary robustness and resilience this natural material has the best prerequisites for the manufacture of versatile building materials.
For instance, with its new hemp facade insulation Caparol is offering an innovative system solution which combines qualities in building physics and ecology. Based on the natural material, hemp, and equipped with modern product properties, it facilitates the production of an intelligent, sustainable facade insulation with an outstanding life cycle assessment extending from the harvest through to recycling the raw material.
First class life cycle assessment
Hemp grows very quickly – by up to four metres in 100 days in sunny weather. The plants do not need any fertiliser and, since they are pest-resistant, they render the use of insecticides superfluous. Up to 97 percent of the hemp plant can be utilised. Fibres, straw and seeds provide valuable raw materials also for the manufacture of clothing, nutritional supplements and medicaments. A further ecological plus point – as an annually renewable plant, hemp binds a large amount of carbon dioxide during its growth. This means that insulation materials in hemp have a better life cycle assessment than many other natural building material.
PC: Production of the hemp fibre insulation board in the factory of Naporo KLima Dämmstoff GmbH in Austria