The Middle East Conference on Sustainable Building Materials

Feb 23/24, 2011

Armani Hotel Dubai, Burj Khalifa
United Arab Emirates

Sustainable Knauf Systems

DIRK STOETZER
INTERNATIONAL PRODUCT MANAGER Economic
aspects

Ecological Social
aspects aspects

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Contents

1. Knauf

2. Sustainable buildings

3. Resource conservation at Knauf

4. Knauf sustainable interior solutions

5. Knauf sustainable exterior solutions

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Contents

1. Knauf

2. Sustainable buildings

3. Resource conservation at Knauf

4. Knauf sustainable interior solutions

5. Knauf sustainable exterior solutions

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1.1 Knauf – Facts / Key Figures

• Business Units:

– Dry Wall Systems,

Plasters & Renders,
Accessories

– Insulation

– Packaging and Moulds

• Turnover 2008: 5.6 billion EUR

• Employees: > 23,000

in 60 countries

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1.2 Knauf Production Facilities Worldwide

Regions:

• Germany • More than 220 production

facilities in 60 countries
• Western, Northern, Southern worldwide
and Eastern Europe
• More than 70 mining sites
• CIS

• Middle East / Africa

• Asia Pacific

• North and Latin America

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1.3 Knauf Gips KG, Iphofen GERMANY

• Headquarters

• Two wallboard production lines

• Production line for gypsum

plasters, fillers and ready mixes

• Knauf Academy

• Research and Development

Center for gypsum-based
products

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1.4 Knauf Middle East, U.A.E.

• Headquarters in Dubai
• Production facility in RAK
–Gypsum boards
–Metal profiles
–Jointing compounds

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Contents

1. Knauf

2. Sustainable buildings

3. Resource conservation at Knauf

4. Knauf sustainable interior solutions

5. Knauf sustainable exterior solutions

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2.1 Sustainable Buildings

• First literal sense of

Sustainability comes from
forestry sustainable thinking
• Based on the basic idea of
Saxony forest ordinance 1560
• High demand on wood for
mining
• First mention 1713 by Hans
Carl von Carlowitz

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2.1 Sustainable Buildings

• International Year of Forests by the United Nations 2011

• http://www.un.org/en/events/iyof2011/

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2.1 Sustainable Buildings

• Sustainability: 3 pillars

• Economic aspects
• Ecological aspects
• Social aspects

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2.1 Sustainable Buildings

Protection of our environment for future generations

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2.2 Sustainable Buildings
Life cycle >1,000 years

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2.2 Sustainable Buildings
Life cycle 100 years

• Consumption of buildings
(Source: UNEP, Information
Note 2006)

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2.3 Building Valuation Systems worldwide

UAE Estidama &

Emirates GBC
Canada LEED
Canada/Green
Globes

Australia Nabers/Green
Star
France HQE

Germany DGNB

Great Britain BREEAM

India GRIH/ LEED

India
Italy Protocollo Itaca

Japan CASBEE

Netherlands BREEAM
Netherlands

Portugal Lider A

South Korea Green Building

System

Spain Verde

United States LEED/Green

Globes

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2.3 Building Valuation Systems worldwide

Comparison* between the building valuation systems

DGNB, LEED and BREEAM

ca. 150 ca. 40,000 ca. 100,000

Certified projects until 2010
*) source DGNB

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2.4 Certified Buildings with Knauf

Emporio Tower Hamburg

Retrofitting of former Unilever
Headquarters

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2.4 Certified Buildings with Knauf

Tower 185 in Frankfurt

New erected skyscraper 185 m

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2.4 Knauf MUSEUM, Iphofen

• The Knauf Museum presents

replicas of historical artefacts
made of gypsum
• Its built by current generation
for next generations

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Contents

1. Knauf

2. Sustainable buildings

3. Resource conservation at Knauf

4. Knauf sustainable interior solutions

5. Knauf sustainable exterior solutions

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3.1 Raw material extraction

• Natural gypsum is the important

raw material for us
• Mining sites: both underground
and surface mining

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3.2 Recultivation: protection of biodiversity

• Recultivation and restoration:

the restoring of a cultural
landscape after raw materials
have been extracted
• New living space for flora and
fauna

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3.3 FGD gypsum

• FGD* gypsum (catalyst of

power plants) as recycled raw
material base
• Delivered by rail transport
• FGD = flue gas desulfurization
(German: REA-Gips)

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3.4 Knauf Logistics

• Transportation of building material by container shipping

• Knauf logistics implies also the rail transport of finished
products

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3.5 Gypsum recycling

• Recycling of gypsum boards,

e.g. Knauf Drywall U.K.
• Transportation efficiency
• Renewable energy
• Factory recycling and waste
management

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Contents

1. Knauf

2. Sustainable buildings

3. Resource conservation at Knauf

4. Knauf sustainable interior solutions

5. Knauf sustainable exterior solutions

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4.1 Knauf sustainable interior solutions

EPD – Environmental Product Declaration for gypsum

products:

• Gypsum boards (standard, impregnated, fire-resistant,

acoustical boards, dry screeds)
• Gypsum fibre boards (standard, dry screeds)
• Gypsum wall boards
• Joint filler, binding mortar and adhesive gypsum
• Gypsum plaster
• Gypsum-lime-plaster
• Stucco gypsum

• Photo: Grass-green gypsum from Pernatty Lagoon, South Australia

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[1] Knauf Diamant Board

• The universal board which needs a smaller amount of

storage space in merchant outlets instead of different types
of boards
• Features are: High surface hardness and mechanical
resistance, fire protection F30 – F180, sound protection (>
70 dB), humidity protection (impregnated), surface quality
• For premium drywall, room-in-room systems, timber frame
construction, schools, sports buildings, hospitals, traffic
frequently buildings, humidity interiors

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[2] Knauf Silentboard

• The sound insulation board

• Improved performance for low
frequency sound insulation up
to 72 dB (highest STC class!)
• Universally applicable for new
and existing buildings,
upgrading or sound enclosure,
fire-resistant board, mouldable
• Valuable interior space through
slim, heavy façades with inside
sound insulation

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[3] Knauf Safeboard

• The 100% lead-free X-Ray protection

• Suitable for providing radiation protection in X-Ray
diagnostics and low power X-Ray therapy areas, like as in
Hospitals, dental practices, veterinary surgeries, research
establishments, manufacturing and industry
• Fully tested by the Health Protection Agency (U.K.) and
approved by TÜV (Germany), cost-effective
• Safeboard filler for filling joints to create a flawless shielding

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[4] Knauf Cleaneo acoustic ceiling boards

• Improvement of interior acoustic (sound absorption) and air

cleaning quality, also design on ceilings, fire protection,
shock-proof
• For buildings like kindergartens, schools, hotels, office
buildings, restaurants and in hospitals
• New technologies, heating and ventilation influence indoor
air quality immediately
• Knauf Cleaneo® Acoustic Thermoboard: Improvement of
cooling or heating performance up to 20% compared to
standard gypsum boards

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[5] Knauf Rotkalk plaster

• Indoor plaster which includes Zeolite as natural aggregate,

in nanoporous structure
• Through this structure pollutants (such as formaldehyde and
nitrogen oxides) will be absorbed, dismantled, neutralised or
passivated
• Indoor air quality has an importance in the living and
working area for the well-being and performance of
inhabitants
• Certified by Natureplus®

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[6] Knauf Insulation Mineral Wool

• Glass mineral wool with ECOSE® Technology represents a

step change in sustainability.
• It is the first ever bio-based binder, based on natural and
rapidly renewable materials.
• ECOSE Technology features: formaldehyde-free processes;
rapidly renewable materials, instead of petro-based chemicals;
reduced workplace exposures and lower levels of pollutant
emissions; reduced impact on the environment through lower
energy use; the same benefits as other products where resin-
substitution is an advantage including, wood-based panels,
abrasives and friction materials.
• The binder technology at the heart of ECOSE Technology is up to
70% less energy intensive than traditional binders.

frans.vanzon@knaufinsulation.com
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4.2 Lightweight and flexible constructions

Saving resources by lightweight and flexible constructions

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[1] Lightweight constructions

• Lightweight façade construction instead of heavy brickwork

or concrete
• Inner walls, floor and ceilings made of dry systems
• Less transport of building materials

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[1] Lightweight constructions

• Lightweight façade construction and prefabricated ring

profiles for subconstruction of drywall and ceiling
• Drywall and acoustical ceilings (in combination with heating
and cooling system)

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[1] Lightweight constructions: Case study

• Exterior façade with Knauf AQUAPANEL® at Lusail project

in Doha, Qatar

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[1] Lightweight constructions: Case study

Armani Hotel in the

Burj Khalifa Dubai
United Arab Emirates

90,000 sqm of Knauf D112

suspended ceiling system

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[2] Flexible constructions: Knauf Cubo

• To build free standing rooms at places where they are

needed, including such requirements as sound insulation,
fire protection or radiation protection
• Usable as sanitary cell, sound protection cabins, meeting
rooms etc.
• Case studies:
• Service point in a conference hall, Aalen
• Living room
• BMW car dealership (special Cubo), Hamburg
• “Herwig Blankertz“ - vocational school, Wolfhagen

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[2] Flexible constructions: Knauf Cubo

• Free standing room system

• Cubo Empore - girder room-in-room system for traffic
weights up to 2,0 kN/m² (image below)
• Cubo escape tunnel – free standing, self-girded rescue way
with general fire protection quality
• Mechanical impact proofed up to 3000 Nm

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[2] Flexible constructions: Knauf Cubo

• Free standing room system for retrofitting of old buildings

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[2] Flexible constructions: Knauf Cubo

• Free standing room system as sanitary cell

• Case study:
• Sanitary units, Airport Berlin-Tegel

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[2] Flexible constructions: Knauf Cubo

• Free standing room system

• Case study:
• Ryan air check-in-area, Airport Bremen

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[2] Flexible constructions: Knauf Cubo

• Cubo system in Al Ain Airport, U.A.E.

• Admin rooms

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Contents

1. Knauf

2. Sustainable buildings

3. Resource conservation at Knauf

4. Knauf sustainable interior solutions

5. Knauf sustainable exterior solutions

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5.1 Knauf sustainable building shell

Saving energy and protection of environment at same time

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5.1 Knauf sustainable building shell

• Proved reduction of environmental pollution through 5%

8%

reduction of harmful substance emissions 7%

50%
• Relief of bale areas at inversion situation (smog) 13%

• Saving resources via saving of heating or cooling energy 17%

• Economical advantages through Knauf façade insulation Carbon Dioxide

Ozone
FCKW
Nitrogen Dioxide
Methan
Others

systems saves energy immediately

• Amortisation of expanded costs by energy saving in a short
time

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5.2 Knauf Warm Wall Systems

• Knauf Warm Wall systems are…

External Façade Insulation Systems (EIFS)
External Thermal Insulate Composite Systems (ETICS)
External Wall Insulate Systems (EWIS)
• With U value of 0.22 and without thermal bridges due to
detail solutions, e.g. Quix-XL plinth elements
• Insulation boards made of polystyrene, mineral wool or also
wood fibre

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5.3 Knauf SM700® PRO Mortar

• System-tested bonding and reinforcing mortar for Knauf

Façade insulation systems
• Which is also usable as renovation mortar for re-covering,
bonding bridge for renders, felted and free structured
external render, natural white or coloured, also applicable in
the plinth area
• These seven features imply a lower storage space in
merchants outlets and also less transportation effort

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5.4 Knauf Warm Wand Naturetherm

• The raw material for the insulation boards are a poor

product of nature, environmental friendly and saving
resources
• An insulation thickness of 120 mm reduces 10,000 kg of
carbon dioxide emissions
• Certified by Natureplus®

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5.5 Sustainable exterior solutions

• Low energy houses with Knauf Façade insulation system

next to river Rhine

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