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PRODUCT CATALOGUE MAXIMUM SEISMIC SAFETY AND LIVING COMFORT, always. EUROPEAN LEADER FOR OVER 35 YEARS

THE BUILDING SYSTEM THAT COMBINES THE STRENGTH OF REINFORCED CONCRETE WITH THE THOUSAND QUALITIES OF NATURAL MINERALISED WOOD Norimberga Building CONTENTS High quality raw materials and construction elements 2 The choice that reduces construction times and costs (dry laying) 3 The safety you want4-13 In 1985, ISOTEX began to produce and market cement-bonded wood fibre blocks in Italy, after this building system had already been in use in Germany since 1946. From then until now, over 400.000 homes throughout Europe have been constructed with ISOTEX systems, of which approximately 80.000 in...

HIGH QUALITY RAW MATERIALS // SURE RESULTS DRY LAYING // SURE COSTS ISOTEX BUILDING SYSTEM Simple, complete and compliant with all applicable regulations The ISOTEX building system, with blocks and panels in cement-bonded wood fibre, is the most widely used alternative to traditional systems. Thanks to ease of use, exceptional technical characteristics, excellent living comfort and competitive costs, ISOTEX is held in high regard by technicians, builders and buyers alike. Block HDIII 38/14 with Neopor® (BMB) by BASF for external load-bearing walls. reduces construction times and costs Watch...

THE SAFETY YOU WANT // ISOTEX, FULL MARKS EVERY TIME PROVEN SEISMIC SAFETY 4 devastating earthquakes in 7 years gives food for thought … In 1994, ISOTEX embarked on a partnership with the prestigious University of Bologna, whose laboratory has conducted a series of highly successful, full-scale tests to verify the seismic behaviour of ISOTEX walling system. In 2000, through the laboratory of the Department of Structural Testing of the same University of Bologna (see photo below), a sample building, constructed with ISOTEX blocks and panels, was subjected to testing with Vibrodina, a machine...

THE SAFETY YOU WANT // BEHAVIOUR FACTOR THE SAFETY YOU WANT // BLAST RESISTANCE ISOTEX WORKS PERFECTLY AS A BEAM/WALL In compliance with the Guidelines of the Ministry of Public Works, the University of Pavia has carried out numerical analyses, supported by the results of the experimental tests on ISOTEX walls, which allow to assign to the construction system with type “H” two rib formwork blocks, the behaviour factor q0 = 3. To further demonstrate the safety of buildings and the people who live in them, Prof. Claudio Ceccoli (distinguished professor at the Department of Structural...

THE SAFETY YOU WANT // SEISMIC SAFETY FIELD-TESTED MAXIMUM RESISTANCE TO SEISMIC EVENTS Of the approximately 80,000 homes built since 1985 in Italy, many are in areas that have suffered major seismic events: from the earthquake in Umbria in 1997) and in Friuli in 1998 to the latest in Abruzzo in 2009, in Emilia in 2012 and in Central Italy in 2016, no building has suffered any damage, not even a crazing (see photographs and testimonials from our clients). POST-EARTHQUAKE TESTIMONIALS Read. all. testimonials: http://en.blocchiisotex.com /earthquake-resistant-structure/ Apartment building in...

THE SAFETY YOU WANT // FIRE RESISTANCE ISOTEX BUILDINGS DO NOT COLLAPSE TEMPERATURE DIAGRAMS Another significant aspect, regarding the safety of buildings and those who live in them, is the fire resistance of walls and their ability to maintain load-bearing strength in case of fire or explosions inside the home. Very significant are the temperature diagrams (see photo) that demonstrate that the side of the wall and the floor where temperature sensors are located register 33°C after 180 minutes of fire exposure (of over 1.100°C) in the case of the blocks and 25°C after 240 minutes of fire...

THE SAFETY YOU WANT // FIRE BEHAVIOUR ISOTEX PASSES THE FACADE FIRE BEHAVIOUR TEST (LEPIR 2) WITH FLYING COLOURS Test results: The test produced excellent results, both in terms of fire behaviour and absence of toxic gases emitted that are harmful to human health (see certifications). Suffice it to say that in the 60-minute test period, during exposure to fire, the temperature detectors on the ground floor recorded a peak of over 800 °C internally while on the 1st floor a peak of only 35 °C. After the tragic fire of London’s Grenfell Tower in 2017 (see photo) member states of the European...

LIVING COMFORT, ALWAYS // ELIMINATION OF THERMAL BRIDGES ISOTEX BLOCKS & FLOOR SLABS Functionality and elimination of thermal bridges Another goal that ISOTEX has always pursued is the living comfort and optimal microclimate within a home. To produce hollow blocks and panels, ISOTEX uses a cement-bonded wood fibre conglomerate with excellent thermal insulation characteristics (l=0,104 W/ mK), thus obtaining insulation on both walls of the elements (see drawing below). To achieve such excellent values of thermal insulation (U=0,15 W/m²K), a variable thickness polystyrene and graphite insert...

LIVING COMFORT, ALWAYS // ELIMINATION OF THERMAL BRIDGES THE WINNING COMBINATION – BLOCKS & FLOOR SLABS It is important to specify that the outer envelope accounts for 80% of energy savings, thus walls, floors and openings have decisive role. The above discussion regarding blocks, also applies to ISOTEX floor slabs, whose thicknesses range from 5 to 20 cm of wood cement towards the interior of the home (see drawings below). ISOTEX S20 wood-cement floors slab. ISOTEX has developed its own building system that completely eliminates thermal bridges (see thermograph below) with the use of...

LIVING COMFORT, ALWAYS //THE TOP FOR THERMAL INERTIAL LIVING COMFORT // ENERGY SAVINGS ISOTEX ELIMINATES TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS EXCELLENT THERMAL INSULATION ISOTEX hollow blocks are laid dry and then filled every 6 rows with lightly reinforced concrete in order to create a massive wall with exceptional thermal inertia. This reduces to a minimum temperature variations in the home that occur routinely throughout the day (see diagrams below). Also regarding thermal insulation, ISOTEX products achieve excellent results. For blocks, transmittance ranges from 0,34 to 0,16 W/m²K in external...