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Soundproof Walls

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - SPW (Soundproof Walls)

Reporting period: 2018-12-01 to 2019-05-31

Problem/issue being addressed:

The higher the standard of living is, the more demand we have for conveniences of living. But traffic, noisy equipment, modern lifestyle is causing more and more noise pollution. The effects: tense, sleep disturbance, insomnia, high blood pressure, cardiovascular diseases.

Construction industry is trying to give an answer to the increasing problem of noise:
- Noise barriers are used along railway lines and motorways,
- More and more buildings are built of soundproof building materials.
- More and more partition walls are made of soundproof partition wall bricks.

Market surveys prove: When it comes to noise protection, there is no need to be a very cheap solution, the need is to be reliable and efficient.

Why is it important for society?

We have been studying and searching for architectural solutions of health- and environment-conscious living. Among the many solutions that we have been studying in recent years, we found that “very concentrated mineral bricks without firing” have the best noise protection capability - while their calculated cost of production is below alternative solutions.
We worked out a mineral based building unit with several additional advantages. The most important ones:
- utilization of huge amount of industrial waste,
- decreasing or eliminating use of high energy demanding cement,
- environment-conscious process, being recyclable (very good Life-Cycle Assessment)
- providing healthy living facilities.


What are the overall objectives?

We would like
-to extend our production, to be more efficient and more professional with additional development,
-to sell the technology,
-to serve the goals of healthy and low carbon footprint living.
Work performed

As a result of all our work we can produce a 1) good quality mineral based GEObrick in small quantity, 2) with very good soundproof feature, 3) with very good first cost, 4) with very good profitability on large scale, on a growing market.

During implementation of the 1st phase we completed the exact technology, that is part of prepared documents for patent registration and we consider it part of our intellectual property.
We completed a Feasibility Study and a Business Plan for the project.

Parts of the research are published on our website: http://mgepitesz.hu/hu/technologiai_kutatas
http://mgepitesz.hu/epiteszet
Progress beyond the state of the art, expected results until the end of the project and potential impacts (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

The main progress is the validated recipe and technology with the use of industrial waste. Tests proved the good architectural features.

Expected result:
- to rise GEObrick from technology readiness level 5 to 8, and focus on utilising the patent first across Europe and later worldwide
- to make possible produce in large scale a soundproof partition wall brick with minimal ecological footprint and with further possibilities for healthy life of people.



Address (URL) of the project's public website
www.mgepitesz.hu
ready soundproof GEObrick