ECOPANEL is favourable in costs and execution given that it is about the process and delivery. ECOPANEL has one solution fulfilling two tasks, being high load resistance walls, as well as thermo-acoustic insulation. This coupled with lightweight panels and quick installation negates the need for cranes and heavy plant and machinery and as a result requires less manpower, which contributes to substantial cost savings when compared with the execution of other building solutions.
Yes! ECOPANEL® System is used in building as a structural or non-structural (closing) system. It is a structural system due to the fact that it fulfills the requirements of the building codes: it is used together with reinforced steel bars and a micro-concrete with the compression strength required by the building codes.
It has to be taken into account that the structures are made of reinforced concrete, although they are lighter thanks to the EPS elements. From a structural point of view, ECOPANEL® System is as resistant and sound as any reinforced concrete structure.
ECOPANEL® is not a prefabricated system. It is defined as an Industrialised Building System or semi-prefabricated system, because the panel is made in the factory and delivered to the construction site with the exact length according to its position in the building design. The micro-concrete is shotcreted, fixing of utilities, plastering, finishes are all done on site.
The assembling does not demand any special knowledge as it is a very simple and methodical system to follow. However the micro-concrete shotcreting needs some specialist training to use the mixing pumps.
ECOPANEL® walls do not need any special fitting and there is not any weight limit to hang objects up on the walls or ceilings. Since the facings are of reinforced concrete, the only precautionary measure is to use specific bits for this material.
Installations are set up inside the EPS core before shotcreting the structural micro-concrete; therefore, a clean cut to the concrete layer to reach the damage and, after repairing it, restore the removed concrete, but it should be done with care.
No. We can use the usual ones in the market. It uses metal pre-frames for metal windows and doors, and wooden pre-frames for wooden windows and doors.
Any kind of finishing, even facings with stones and metal substructures can be used.
ECOPANEL® System can be built to reach up to 4 stories without columns and beams for single panel use and up to 22 floors if it’s a double panel.
Many structures using this system have been built all over the world since the 1970s and it has minimum life span of 75 years.
We use micro-concrete with compression strength of 25 N/mm2. The maximum size of the aggregate is between 0 and 6 mm and it has a special formula based on plasticisers that makes the application and adherence of Ecopanel easier.