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News Release from: Bayer Sheet Europe | Subject: Makrolon 5M
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 27 March 2008
Climate protection at Bayer Sheet Europe
Makrolon 5M, a new product family of highly insulating transparent polycarbonate sheets, provides new potential for energy-saving buildings.
With Makrolon 5M, Bayer Sheet Europe is launching a new generation of multi-wall sheets The innovative M-structure of each sheet produces a heat transition coefficient of up to 1.0 W/m 2 K, which guarantees extraordinary insulation
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 23 May 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Using energy-saving construction materials both in new buildings and remodeling is a decisive factor.
Only the intensified use of this type of materials will contribute to achieving the ambitious goal of the reduction of harmful emissions, as stipulated in the Kyoto Protocol.
At the last United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali in 2007, the international community expressed its readiness to lay down binding goals for emission reductions in the Kyoto Follow-up Treaty, emphasizing the need for innovative energy-saving technologies.
For several years, Bayer Sheet Europe has put its strategic efforts into developing multi-wall sheets with excellent insulation properties.
With its innovative and intelligent i-Line products, the company has set remarkable standards in energy savings and is now taking it one step further.
"In terms of heat insulation and resource savings, the new Makrolon 5M sheet is a new highlight in our comprehensive portfolio of polycarbonate sheets," says Guenther Winnerl, segment manager construction at Bayer Sheet Europe.
And not without pride, he adds, "Unlike conventional sheets of the same thickness, the special M-structure of the each sheet, which comes in 25, 32 and 40 millimeter thickness, allows energysavings of up to 20 percent".
This equals more then 2 liters of heating oil, or 2.5 cubic meters of gas, per square meter of roof surface annually.
The polycarbonate sheets also stand out by their heat transition coefficient (U g ) between 1.0 W/m 2 K and 1,3 W/m 2 K (depending on the sheet thickness), their high rigidity, light transmission, breaking resistance and low weight.
The sheets provide architects, planners and builders with a transparent material that fulfills the highest requirements both in terms of esthetics and ecology.
Bayer Sheet Europe will present Makrolon 5M and other products from its portfolio at the Glassex trade fair in Birmingham, UK, taking place from April 8 through 10, 2008, at Stand 4-E22.
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