The current society demands more
sustainable materials and enable energy savings. It thus appears anattractive niche market for manufacturers of materials that have
been raised on how this can cover theseneeds.
This article describes an R & D project that, starting from agroforestry
biomass or exfoliated vermiculitehas created new
composites with thermal properties, flame retardant, acoustic, ... whose
end use applicationis directed at building
sector. It also details the importance of technical solutions generated
from a technicaland environmental perspective.