Rodeca Facade
component/system
Modular translucent facade system
Intermediar aluminium profile connecting the polycarbonate panels to each other and to the load bearing frame.
Section view off the taped tongue-and-groove panels.
The narrow horizontal façade sections can be removed and provide flexibility to allow structural connections to the steel structure behind.
Summary
The Rodeca polycarbonate facade system 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 2.5 times lower for the polycarbonate panel than for glass, not to mention 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
Industry consortium
Rodeca Systems BV
Dimensions
Length:
Width:
Height (or depth):
Thickness:
Area:
Volume:
12 390 mm
15 000 mm
150 mm
2,25 m2
26,1 m3
Hazardous materials
None
History
2021 - produced by Rodeca and assembled in GTB Lab, Heerlen NL
Circularity data
Embodied mass:
Embodied carbon:
3,90 ton (22,52 kg/m2)
9,07 ton CO2 (52,47 kg CO2/m2)
Reuse Potential:
Recovery option
0.7
Reuse by minor repair
Reused mass:
Reused carbon:
2,73 ton (15,76 kg/m2)
6,35 ton CO2 (36,72 kg CO2/m2)
No. of elements:
No. of disassembly steps:
394
Remaining Technical Life Cycle:
70 year
Share this page
Rodeca Facade
