Environmental Station

Waldsassen ǀ Germany

Construction of an environmental station in the monastery garden

Used products: 100 m² Cellular Glass Boards

Ecological foundation with cellular glass

Ecology is concept. Since their foundation of the cloister for circa 900 years the Zisterzienserinnen of the Abtei Waldsassen bargain of naturalness and stability even on their choice of the right building material. In the ex-cloister garden is now a natural adventure garden. The new corresponding information pavilion stands with the GLAPOR cellular glass on a absolutly ecological material. Technically speaking the innovative building material comply with the following function: Cellular glass gravel reduced warmth under the floor plate. In connection with insulation systems consist of cellular glass boards develope a capillary-packed ballast without sidewise moistry entry with a constantly insulation value.

All out of one hand – easy, clean, gentle

GLAPOR offer with their linecard of cellular glass gravel, insulation systems out of cellular glas as well as variegated insertable cellular glass boards solutions for different insulation situations. The cellular glass gravel, which came in Big Bags, was directly obstructed at the Pavillon-site in the already differentiated insulation system with the geotextilevlies laid-out building pit. After the equally allocation of the loose material, was it compacted with a light plate vibrator to the desired endsize.

The GLAPOR insulation system was specially designed for fundament loose floor plates with frost control skirt and drainage. The insulation stones make based on the indentation and fitting accuracy an extra shuttering and bracing redundant. Free of pillar is a clean enclosure of the gravel carpet achieved, which guarantees at the same time an efficient material usage – no gravel grain gets lost outside of the foundation mat.

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