1. Exterior insulation
Exterior insulation is used for the facade walls of new buildings or those undergoing renovation. The principle of this insulation system (figure 1 ) offers several advantages:
it ensures continuity of insulation and reduces or eliminates heat loss through thermal bridges due to the building's load-bearing structure and facade-floor connections;
it increases the building's thermal inertia, enabling better recovery of solar heat gain and improved summer and winter comfort;
it increases the durability of facades by protecting them from temperature variations and the effects of water (rain, frost, condensation, etc.).
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Economic data
The thermal insulation market
The total volume of the thermal insulation market is around 17 million cubic meters per year.
Table 1 shows the breakdown by product family as a percentage of total volume.
References
Specialized organizations and laboratories
(non-exhaustive list)
ACERMI - Association pour la certification des matériaux Isolants, Paris.
AFNOR - Association Française de Normalisation.
CEN - Comité européen de Normalisation. Comité Technique TC88 : Matériaux et produits isolants thermiques.
CFI - Comité français de l'Isolation, Paris....
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Standardization
The standards can be consulted on the following websites:
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