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Learning from Predecessors: Alternative Formulations for Drywall Materials
Climate change presents the global community with the major challenge of significantly reducing CO2 emissions in all sectors of the economy. This requires considerable efforts in the construction industry, too. The supply situation for building materials will change significantly; in particular, it is foreseeable that the availability of inexpensive FGD gypsum will decrease rapidly within a few years. The shutdown of coal-fired power plants in Germany alone will result in a shortage of around 5 million tons of gypsum from 2038. This will have a major impact on the finishing of buildings, which is usually carried out in drywall construction and in which gypsum is the main building material, particularly in the form of plasterboards. It is therefore urgently necessary to replace the FGD gypsum that will no longer be available with alternative products with similar mechanical properties that can be produced at similar cost and in sufficient quantities. In the search for alternative building materials, it is helpful to take a look at the history of construction, which knows many exotic materials and has produced special building materials in times of shortage. The paper also describes the first compositions and testing of lime-paper material and the strengths that can be achieved with them.
Learning from Predecessors: Alternative Formulations for Drywall Materials
Climate change presents the global community with the major challenge of significantly reducing CO2 emissions in all sectors of the economy. This requires considerable efforts in the construction industry, too. The supply situation for building materials will change significantly; in particular, it is foreseeable that the availability of inexpensive FGD gypsum will decrease rapidly within a few years. The shutdown of coal-fired power plants in Germany alone will result in a shortage of around 5 million tons of gypsum from 2038. This will have a major impact on the finishing of buildings, which is usually carried out in drywall construction and in which gypsum is the main building material, particularly in the form of plasterboards. It is therefore urgently necessary to replace the FGD gypsum that will no longer be available with alternative products with similar mechanical properties that can be produced at similar cost and in sufficient quantities. In the search for alternative building materials, it is helpful to take a look at the history of construction, which knows many exotic materials and has produced special building materials in times of shortage. The paper also describes the first compositions and testing of lime-paper material and the strengths that can be achieved with them.
Learning from Predecessors: Alternative Formulations for Drywall Materials
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Li, Zongjin (editor) / Mendonça, Paulo (editor) / Reich, Stefan (author) / Pfütze, Christian (author)
International Conference on Civil Engineering and Materials Science ; 2024 ; Singapore
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Civil Engineering and Materials Science ; Chapter: 17 ; 173-186
2025-03-13
14 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English