Abstract
The future of the whole world focuses on reducing waste produced by people. As the construction sector is one of the biggest producers of waste, a great deal of effort has been made to introduce this trend in modern construction. The “green” building sector, therefore, draws attention to natural and recyclable building materials. These include natural thermal insulation such as cork, fiberboard, hemp insulation, and even sheep wool insulation. Almost all types of such insulation are made from waste materials which, were they not reused in the form of thermal insulation, would end up as municipal or biodegradable waste. At the same time, we should point out that almost all “green” construction materials are flammable. This feature is not very advantageous from the point of view of fire protection and it can significantly affect the fire safety of a construction. It is for this reason that the main objective of this research was to determine the impact of a radiant heat source on various types of thermal insulation used as plasterboard filling and to evaluate the possibilities of their use in sandwich constructions for fire protection purposes.
Highlights
Buildings are an integral part of human existence
Traditional “heavy” building materials were used in the past; nowadays there is a trend for brightening and lightening the structures [4, 5]
When comparing the temperatures of the experimentally studied thermal insulation, we found that in the first three minutes the temperature in each thermal insulation was almost identical
Summary
Buildings are an integral part of human existence. We spend almost all our lives in the interior: the average person spends about 80% of his life inside buildings. Building structures are subjected to various forces during their service life, such as fire or explosion [1, 2, 3]. The construction of buildings has undergone a long development in human history, from the oldest cave dwellings to modern skyscrapers hundreds of meters high. In terms of the nature and geometry of the buildings, and in terms of the type and characteristics of the materials used for the construction. Traditional “heavy” building materials were used in the past; nowadays there is a trend for brightening and lightening the structures [4, 5]. We can mention the increasing use of plasterboard walls to partition the interior of buildings
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