In the second quarter of 2014, it is planned to open the first international convention and exhibition center (CEC) in St. Petersburg. ExpoForum will be able to host Russian, European and global business events of a completely different scale than existing venues.
ExpoForum is located in the Pushkin District of St. Petersburg and covers an area of 56.21 hectares. The facility, which will become the main platform for the most important business and exhibition events in St. Petersburg, can also boast of construction technology.
The roof of the exhibition center is insulated with energy-efficient KNAUF Therm Roof polystyrene foam. This thermal insulation material is specially designed for flat roofs.
KNAUF Therm Roof has all the necessary fire safety certificates of VNIIPO EMERCOM of the Russian Federation and is suitable for facilities with increased fire safety requirements, which is especially important when building large infrastructure complexes.
Strength KNAUF Therm Roof expanded polystyrene (0.13 MPa) is combined with ease and meets the most stringent requirements for environmental friendliness.
The choice in favor of a roof structure with a sloping layer with KNAUF Therm Roof expanded polystyrene made it possible to carry out construction work in a short time, while ensuring high thermal protection performance.
The technical solution with the use of KNAUF Therm Roof expanded polystyrene at ExpoForum is due to several factors at once. First, the need to lighten load-bearing structures and support beams. Secondly, the increasing attention of both the government and developers to the issues of energy efficiency and heat saving every year. Expanded polystyrene KNAUF Therm Roof harmoniously solved both problems - it prevented overloading of load-bearing structures and provided thermal protection of the structure, - explained the specialist of the company "KNAUF PENOPLAST" on project sales, Dmitry Bobkov.
The ability to use boards of different thicknesses is also very important. Expanded polystyrene is produced in increments from a few centimeters to half a meter, which other rigid heaters cannot provide … This greatly simplifies the work of builders, and, therefore, saves time and effort spent on the entire project as a whole, - said Dmitry Bobkov.
Expanded polystyrene KNAUF Therm Roof has previously been successfully used in the construction of large facilities in St. Petersburg. For example, when insulating flat roofs in the Slavyanka residential complex, in the elite residential complex Smolny Park, as well as at other significant sites in St. Petersburg.
In Europe, expanded polystyrene has been successfully used for more than 40 years at municipal, private and road construction sites. Back in the distant 80s, against the background of the energy crisis in Germany, a program was adopted to reduce heating costs, in which an important role was played by the insulation of houses with expanded polystyrene. Of 500 million sq. m sanitized since the 70s. about 90% of facades are insulated with expanded polystyrene.
Over these 3 decades, European technologies of energy saving and production of building materials "for them", including the range of expanded polystyrene, have undergone significant changes. Materials of different thicknesses and different surface textures appeared for different insulation systems, and the production of expanded polystyrene itself began to be certified according to environmental principles, which complies with the European convention on environmental protection.
Knauf Polyfoam is one of the leaders in the energy-efficient materials industry, a manufacturer of high-quality thermal insulation based on expanded polystyrene. The company is part of the international construction holding Knauf Industries, the main manufacturer and processor of products based on expanded polystyrene in Europe.
KNAUF Therm® (KNAUF Therm) - energy-efficient boards based on expanded polystyrene, manufactured according to the strict European standards of the KNAUF company. Plates are used to insulate houses, summer cottages, office and industrial premises.
Environmental friendliness and safety are at the heart of the creation of KNAUF Therm thermal insulation products. Expanded polystyrene boards KNAUF Therm® made from environmentally friendly raw materials, without the addition of any toxic or flammable reagents.
Rich range of KNAUF Therm® allows you to select thermal insulation materials with the best technical and physical and chemical characteristics, the required parameters and at the best price.
