Taking as an example a building with a steel deck flat roof, the steel structure…
Did you know that the choice of the insulation material can have a substantial impact on the overall building footprint or the available internal floor area?
In particular the latter affects the life cycle costs through income from rent. The impact can be shown when changing the functional equivalent from the internal surface to the external building footprint. In the case of a commercial building of 2 300 m2, the PU wall solution will offer 24 m2 of additional surface area and 674 m3 of additional volume when compared to other insulation solutions. If an annual rent of € 300 per year and m2 is assumed, the additional income thanks to the PU insulation over a 50 year life cycle would sum up to € 360 000.