Description of the research project CIMEDE for the industrial construction of evolutionary, sustainable and economic houses
Regular paper
Université de Liège CEDIA
Tuesday 2 june, 2015, 10:20 - 10:40
0.1 London (90)
Abstract:
CIMEDE is a research project supported by the Region of Wallonia (Belgium). It
stands for entitled CIMEDE “Construction Industrielle de Maisons Evolutives,
Durables et Economiques – industrial construction of evolutionary, sustainable
and economic houses”. Since the materials envisaged for this project are timber
and gypsum fibre board, it was necessary to design a constructive principle of
lightweight timber frame constructions which meets the industrial, sustainable,
evolutionary and economic requirements and also the requirements of the belgian
acoustic standard NBN S01-400-1. First of all, an inventory of constructive
elements that are currently used in this type of construction (floors, walls and
facades) is presented with their acoustic performances. Then, the laboratory
measurements of some samples of floors, facades, interior walls and party walls
are described and discussed. On the basis of the measurement results, several
solutions that best meet all criteria were retained and a mock-up was build with
these constructive elements. Measurement results on this mock-up are also
presented. The final solution for the floor, the party wall, the interior wall
and the facade which meets the acoustic requirements is finally described.