SU.PR.I.M. focuses on the development of an innovative building module with advanced rheological, thermophysical and mechanical properties that will act as a bearing element and/or as an internal partition wall in prefabricated residential buildings.

This new building module will satisfy high requirements with regard to its operation and performance. Specifically, it will be able:

• To bear and deliver safely all the imposed building loads.
• To display advanced energy performance, contributing to the formation of a building with almost zero energy consumption.
• To demonstrate excellent hygrothermal behavior, by preventing the surface and interstitial water vapor condensation, as well as minimizing the impacts from rain.
• To provide acoustic insulation protection.
• To have resistance against fire actions.
• To exhibit an advanced environmental performance in order to minimize its environmental footprint during its life-cycle.

 

The high performances of the building element are ensured by the proper configuration and assembly of the layers that compose it, and are verified through:

• analytical and experimental studies,
• measurements at qualified laboratories,
• monitoring of the indoor and ambient conditions in an experimental chamber that will be especially constructed for this purpose.

 

In this way, the development of a multifunctional building element is achieved, that, when repeated, it can formulate a building envelope with high structural, hygrothermal, energy, acoustic, fire and environmental performance at the minimum possible time and cost. The accomplishment of this objective offers multiple benefits to the business sector and the research community, but also to the society, as it promotes the construction of buildings with advanced energy and environmental performance that can mitigate and adapt to the climate change impacts.