08 Dirk Stoetzer-Knauf

Knauf LLC - UAE

Sustainable Knauf Systems

DIRK STOETZER

INTERNATIONAL PRODUCT MANAGER

The Middle East Conference on Sustainable Building MaterialsFeb 23/24, 2011

Armani Hotel Dubai, Burj KhalifaUnited Arab Emirates

Economic

aspects

Social

aspects

Ecological

aspects

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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: > 23,000in 60 countries

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1.2 Knauf Production Facilities Worldwide

Regions:

• Germany

• Western, Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe

• CIS

• Middle East / Africa

• Asia Pacific

• North and Latin America

• More than 220 production facilities in 60 countries worldwide

• More than 70 mining sites

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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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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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• International Year of Forests by the United Nations 2011

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

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• Sustainability: 3 pillars

• Economic aspects

• Ecological aspects

• Social aspects

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�Protection of our environment for future generations

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2.2 Sustainable BuildingsLife cycle >1,000 years

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2.2 Sustainable BuildingsLife 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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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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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.

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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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• 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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• Free standing room system for retrofitting of old buildings

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• Free standing room system as sanitary cell

• Case study:

• Sanitary units, Airport Berlin-Tegel

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• Free standing room system

• Case study:

• Ryan air check-in-area, Airport Bremen

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

• Admin rooms

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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 reduction of harmful substance emissions

• Relief of bale areas at inversion situation (smog)

• Saving resources via saving of heating or cooling energy

• Economical advantages through Knauf façade insulation systems saves energy immediately

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

8%5%

50%

17%

13%

7%

Carbon Dioxide FCKW MethanOzone Nitrogen Dioxide Others

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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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