Journal of
Faculty of Civil Engineering

JOURNAL OF FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
CONTEMPORARY ACHIEVEMENTS IN CIVILENGINEERING 25, 2014.y., pp. 529-537

	DOI: 10.14415/konferencijaGFS2014.072
	UDC: 691:699.8
	CC-BY-SA 4.0 license
	Author : Đorđević, Đorđe; Avramović, Biljana
	Summary:
	Lightweight constructions represent an economical alternative to traditional buildings, one of whose main drawbacks is the very high energy load needed to keep internal comfort conditions, as they are unable to curb rapid swings of temperature. When compared to heavier weight materials buildings, it’s estimated that to maintain a thermally comfortable temperature range of 18-24°C, low weight materials use between 2 and 3 times the heating and cooling energy needed by a heavy weight material construction. This paper deals with research which developes and new thermally enhanced active (PCM) fiber insulation material, named by research partners StorePET. Development of such insulation material is in final phase in frame of European FP7 project STOREPET (FP7-SME-2011-2, Proposal 286730) with researchers from Spain, Portugal, Italy, Slovenia, and Sebia. Project participant from SEE is Construction Cluster „Dundjer” from Niš.
	Keywords:
	Building materials, thermal insulation, acoustic insulation, light building constructions, energy efficiency, sustainable building.