Aerogel insulation for building applications: A state-of-the-art review

By R. Baetens, B. P. Jelle, Arild Gustavsen. 2011

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Abstract Aerogels are regarded as one of the most promising high performance thermal insulation materials for building applications today. With a thermal conductivity down to 13 mW/(m K) for commercial products they show remarkable characteristics compared to traditional thermal insulation materials. Also the possibility of high transmittances in the solar spectrum is of high interest for the construction sector. With the proper knowledge they give both the architect and engineer the opportunity of re-inventing architectural solutions. Within this work, a review is given on the knowledge of aerogel insulation in general and for building applications in particular.

Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Spectroscopy, Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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Fenestration of Today and Tomorrow: A State-of-the-Art Review and Future Research Opportunities (2013, neutral): “An overview of the main PCMs has been given by Demirbas (2006), whereas other reviews on PCMs may be found in works by Baetens et al.”
Traditional, state-of-the-art and future thermal building insulation materials and solutions Prope (2011, neutral): “Aerogels (Fig.5) represent a state-of-the-art thermal insulation solution, and maybe the most promising with the highest potential of them all at the moment, studied by Baetens et al. (2011), Hostler et al. (2008), Schultz et al. (2005) and Schultz and Jensen (2008) among several others.”
Eco-efficient construction and building materials research under the EU Framework Programme Horizon 2020 (2014, background): “Aerogel insulation is non-flammable, not carcinogenic [98] and does not release toxic fumes during fire however, current cost of this product is in the range of 25 €/m(2) which is almost 10 times higher when compared to conventional insulation material for the same thermal resistance [99].”
Traditional, state-of-the-art and renewable thermal building insulation materials: An overview (2019, background): “To solve this problem, some researchers have prepared silica aerogels under ambient pressure [93,96,98].”
Phase Change Materials and Products for Building Applications: A State-of-the-Art Review and Future Research Opportunities (2015, neutral): “[13], Gao et al.”