Isovlas
Flax-based insulation
'Natural thermal and acoustic insulation for timber frame, partitions, lofts, roofs and floors
Application
• Suitable for floors, walls, ceilings and roofs
• Ideal for use in a breathing wall construction
Performance
• Good thermal performance all year round (0.038 Wm-1K-1)
• Fire resistant (Euroclass C)
• When submitted to a flame test, the product chars rather than burns, with the charred area forming an extra fire protective layer
• Hygroscopic (absorbs and releases moisture without compromising thermal performance)
• Permanently antistatic
• High specific heat capacity (nearly twice that of mineral fibre) assists with keeping a building warm in the winter but cool in the summer - helping prevent summer overheating
• Resistant to biological and fungal attack
• Treated against insects and unattractive to vermin.
| Material/s: | Flax 80%, Binder 12%, Salts 8% |
| Environmental statement: | yes |
| BRE Ecopoints: | unrated |
| Green Guide rating: | unrated |
| Environmental certification: | none |
| 3rd party accreditation: | none |
| 3rd party product endorsement: | none |
| Quality certification: | none |
| Reusability / Recyclability: | reusable |
| Recycled content to ISO 14021: | n/a |
| Life expectancy | unknown |
| Substitute for or new materials / method: |
petrochemical-based insulation |
| Downloads: | Technical data |
| Codes of Practice: | |
| Workmanship Work Section: | |
| Country/s of manufacture: | Germany |
| UK distribution location: | Kent |
| Alternative products: | insulation |
| Further information: | Insulation materials compared |
| Information last updated: | Thursday 1st, May 2008 |
| Manufacturer's evidence rating:* |  |
| Manufacturer: | Isovlas |
| Address: | Postbus 348, NL-5060 AH Oisterwijk, The Netherlands |
| Telephone: | +31 13 52 10 858 |
| Fax: | +31 13 52 10 862 |
| Email: | info@isovlas.nl |
| Website: | www.isovlas.nl |
| Supply chain availability: | Supplier |
| Supplier: | Burdens Environmental |
| Telephone: | 0845 601 1188 |
| Email: | eco@burdens.co.uk |
| Website: | http://www.burdensenvironmental.com |
The product has been selected on the above average performance in the following areas:
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Abiotic depletion | - | Acidification |
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Global warming | - | Eutrophication |
| - | Ozone layer deplection | - | Solid Waste |
| - | Human toxicity | - | Radioactivity |
| - | Fresh water aquatic ecotoxicity | - | Minerals extraction |
| - | Terrestial exotoxicity | - | Water extraction |
| - | Photochemical oxidation |
*Note:
Manufacturer's evidence rating
* One star rating: The product has been included based on an assessment of the manufacturer's own product information.
*** Three star rating: The product has been included on the basis of a third party, independent, Life Cycle Analysis (BRE Ecoprofile or similar).
