Light structural systems and enclosures in pine wood and natural cork from Southwestern Europe: triple balance in both new construction and rehabilitation; the IMIP Project

Abstract

This article presents the results and the construction actions obtained and developed within the framework of the European project SUDOE IMIP (Innovative Eco-Construction System Based on Interlocking Modular Insulation Wood and Cork—Panels based www.sudoe-imip.eu), funded by the Interreg Sudoe Program 2021–2023. In this project, a low environmental impact construction system has been designed, validated and implemented. Through the development of an innovative construction system, this project seeks to improve the buildings energy efPciency and the use of the zero emission construction materials like the used of Pinus pinaster, Pinus uncinata timber and natural cork from the southwest of Europe. In addition, it was determined to characterize an insulating SIP (structural insulation panel) panel as an objective to assess CLT combined use the with cork insulation material, obtaining fully natural renewable and thermal efPcient panel. The research addresses, as one of the main contributions, the signiPcant improvement of the renovation of the construction sector both in the energy efPciency of the building and signiPcantly reducing the environmental impacts derived from the construction process and its use in public and private buildings in the region. Southwest Europe.

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