Knauf Insulation Spreads the results of the report of the European Foundation of the Industrial Isolation

Knauf Insulation account in the Spanish market with solutions for the acoustic and thermal sensors isolation that offer protection in front of the fire and are especially recommended for his use in the industrial state. Like member of the European Foundation of the Industrial Isolation (EiiF), Knauf Insulation has wanted to do echo of a study realised by Ecofys on the isolation in the European industries.

The EiiF has his headquarters in Switzerland and is an entity that puts to disposal of the industries his knowledges, offering them solutions to reduce of the broadcasts of CO₂ and save power. EiiF Bets by the existence of a potential energetic saving and reduction of broadcasts of CO₂ directly related with the improvement of the thermal sensors isolation in the industry. To show it, has commissioned to Ecofys, a skilled quality consultancy in renewable energies and energetic efficiency, a study to identify how attain this energetic saving in the industries of the countries of the EU27.

The study of Ecofys shows that it is possible to achieve a big saving of power with a correct isolation of the industries, roughly would save 480 PJ and 37 Mt C Or₂ by year in the industry, equivalent to 4% of the consumption and of the total broadcasts of diesel in the industry.

As it explains the report “for the European countries, isolate surfaces to profitable levels and repair isolations spoilt in industrial installations, would involve an approximate cost of 900 million euros. This initial investment, would represent a potential of energetic saving of roughly 460 PJ, that to current prices of the power, would save to the industry some 3.5 trillion euros every year. The amortización of the initial investment would attain reach in the majority of the cases in less than a year”.

The experts hired to realise the analysis have checked that at least 10% of the installations in industrial plants are not isolated, or his system of isolation is in bad conditions since, generally the investment realised is minimum.

“In the past, with the prices of the lowest oil, the energetic efficiency of the installation would not represent a so big difference. Today day, the price of the power is much higher and even expects that it continue increasing. For this reason, the brecha between the current isolation and the economically profitable isolation is increasing . The additional costs for broadcasts of CO₂ accelerate this potential of saving". As it collects the report.

In the report of EiiF also detail three steps to measure the potential of saving:

1º.- Isolate the parts that are not it and replace the isolation in bad state, like this would be possible that the consumption of power reduced 3%.

2º.- Evaluate the efficiency of the current isolation and consider his improvement. Isolate all the surfaces taking into account the effective correct levels of cost, would save until 66% of energetic losses.

3º.- Involve to experts in isolation from the beginning of the project to ensure that it realises a correct and profitable economic investment, in addition to the energetic saving. The fault of space is in a lot of occasions the reason by which does not possess an optimum system of isolation.

Knauf Insulation Continues working with experts and political managers of different sectors of the chain of construction and spreading reports like this to improve that all the buildings work as it expects and no simply in the design, but also in the practice. Because it is essential for the industry of the construction boost so many improvements of energetic efficiency like the application of regulatory politics that ensure the real performance of the buildings.