Some built examples of etfe foil roofs are presented.
Etfe foil cushions in roofs and atria.
As far as cladding is concerned.
Popular applications for etfe foils are greenhouses large halls for swimming pools or recreational parks roofs and atria.
Etfe roofs offer excellent sustainability.
Etfe foil cushions in roofs and atria.
After use etfe foil can be returned almost completely to the cycle of materials.
As mentioned before etfe foil cushions have had a number of applications in building roofs over the last 10 years or so.
Foils can be used in single or multi layer configurations.
It is concluded that etfe foil is an appropriate technology for certain building applications in particular those where the volume of space is.
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The film or foil produced from it was first brought onto the market in 1970 by dupont under the trade name tefzel.
From the extrusion of the etfe foil through to transport and installation the light weight of the material reduces the co 2 footprint significantly.
In the building industry it was initially used to roof.
Two examples in the uk are the atrium of the chelsea and westminster hospital occupied in 1992 and the hampshire health and tennis centre completed in 1994.
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Etfe foil can be useful for the building s thermal design.
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Etfe foil cushions in roofs and atria.
Atria have often been seen as an intermediary between the internal and external space particularly with regard to climate control.
They can be used as a design element in climate adapting buildings those that attempt to moderate the external environment rather than isolate it.
Sustainability is one of the main arguments for etfe roofs.
Thermal transfer through membrane cushions analyzed by computational fluid dynamics inproceedings of the 8th nordic symposium on building physics in.
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