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J. Zach, J. Brozovsky, J. Hroudova, A. Gailius, A. Korjenic:
"Development of advanced insulation materials based on easy renewable row-sources from agriculture";
WULFENIA, Vol 20 (2013), No. 6; 59 - 69.

The use of easily renewable raw material sources is a key objective in material research in the majority of the world´s industrialized countries. The importance of easily-renewable raw material resources is closely related to the increasing demand for high-quality construction materials and sustainable development in the building industry. With the use of easily renewable raw material resources, the
demand for consumption of non-renewable raw material resources decreases and there is often a decrease in the energy demands for the whole manufacturing process. In the case of raw materials from
agriculture, an undisputed advantage is the local accessibility of raw materials and the decrease of costs and CO2 emissions during transport. The advanced insulating materials produced from inputting
raw materials from agriculture can easily replace other/traditional heat insulating materials in building constructions which are highly demanding in terms of energy and raw materials.
The advantage of natural insulating materials (on the basis of natural fibres from agriculture) is the option of so-called healthy constructions, i.e. constructions using traditional construction technology and natural construction materials which are, by their moisture behavior, close to the demands of the human body. In terms of utility properties, insulating materials with a basis of natural fibres have excellent heat insulating and mechanical properties.
This article presents the results of research focused on the development of advanced insulating materials on the basis of linen and hemp fibres and the study of their physical and heat insulating
properties.

Thermal insulation material, natural fibers, thermal conductivity, flax, easy renewable rowsources