Rodeca Panel
Modular translucent facade system
element
Summary
The Rodeca polycarbonate panel is reversible, flexible, light weight, highly insulating, strong, weather resistant and translucent.
Details
Rodeca installed its polycarbonate panels on the GTB Lab. First the main roof, then the core and finally the circular GTB module. The material has the same insulation value as triple glazing and allows daylight into the building, but also has some advantageous reversible properties. It is not as fragile as glass and more than 10 times lighter. More importantly, the elements can be assembled and disassembled quickly, easily and with a minimum of waste. The reversible GTB Lab module shows that the CO2 emissions per m2 of facade are lower for the polycarbonate panel than for glass, and even lower the CO2 emissions avoided due to the lighter supporting structure.
Design
Rodeca
Manufacturer
Rodeca GmbH
Manufacturing location
Freiherr-vom-Stein-Straße 165, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Materials
Polycarbonate
Dimensions
Length:
Width:
Height (or depth):
Thickness:
2 963 mm
495 mm
50 mm
Shape
Rectangular
Surface damage
No.
Hazardous materials
None
Material history
2021 - produced by Rodeca and assembled in GTB Lab, Heerlen NL
Circularity data
Reuse Potential:
Recovery option
0.8
Direct reuse
Embodied mass:
Embodied carbon:
7,4 kg (5,0 kg/m2)
56,3 kg CO2 (83,3 kg CO2/m2)
No. of elements:
No. of relations:
No. of disassembly steps:
No. of standardized relations:
Avoided waste:
Avoided carbon:
5,9 kg
45,0 kg CO2
Rodeca Panel
Remaining Technical Life Cycle:
71 year