When it comes to sustainable construction, the Passive House model is a great way to achieve maximum energy efficiency. Helping to regulate the internal temperature without relying on artificial heating or cooling. Instead, these homes are warmed by passive sources such as the sun, the heat emitted by occupants, or warmth given off by household appliances. The most interesting thing is that the roof of this house is made of polystyrene!
Passive House is gaining popularity in Australia, especially when people are buying a second or third house. An element of Passive House design is eliminating any thermal bridges to reduce the building’s energy footprint. Extruded polystyrene board provided by Foamex is one such product that provides continuous insulation for the home’s exterior and under the slab. “The board made from extruded polystyrene has incredible air resilience, and is virtually impervious to water, so it doesn’t seal in water that can occur through condensation,” Justin Kelsey, General Manager of The Foamex Group says. Because of the various properties of extruded polystyrene, it can also be waterproof, prevent wood mold, noise interference, and heat loss. This is why this material is so popular.
Not only this new type of house, expanded polystyrene and extruded polystyrene are often used in traditional construction. Therefore, the waste produced by manufacturers when they mainly make these boards, and the discarded insulation boards during house demolition are important sources of polystyrene pollution. The construction sector has always been the focus of polystyrene recycling, and polystyrene recycling equipment plays an important role in the process of recycling polystyrene boards.
GREENMAX designs and manufactures a variety of polystyrene recycling equipment for better recycling of polystyrene: the most popular is the polystyrene compactor, which completely uses cold pressing technology, first breaking the polystyrene board into small pieces and then compressing with a compression ratio of 50:1, after which we will get dense polystyrene blocks. Another type of polystyrene recycling equipment is the hot melting machine. The compression ratio of this machine is 90:1. The polystyrene is crushed and heated into a gel and then extruded. The machine adopts hot melt technology. Some people are more concerned about the heating process and the smell of hot melt, and they do not have such high requirements for the compression ratio, so they prefer polystyrene compactors. Polystyrene recycling equipment effectively solves the problem of freight and storage and plays an important role in recycling projects.
In addition to solving white pollution, the appearance of polystyrene compactors has another purpose to promote the recycling of resources, which is completely in line with Passive House’s concept of saving resources. As far as the current form is concerned, all enterprises attach great importance to the recycling of resources, so GREENMAX’s polystyrene compactors will also become the mainstream of recycling. With the continuous increase in the price of new materials, more and more people join the recycling process Industry, if you are engaged in polystyrene-related industries, you are welcome to consult GREENMAX about polystyrene recycling information at any time!
