Stone wool key properties
Fire
This Rockwool insulation means in-built fire protection
Fire safety requirements are based on life safety, means of escape, inhibiting the spread of fire both internally and from one building to another, ensuring the stability of buildings and adequate access for fire-fighters to save lives in and around buildings.
Acoustic
Rockwool stone wool has an open fibrous structure making it ideal for absorbing and regulating noise. Rockwool products reduce ear-deafening noise from machines or the activities of people, and provide ambient situations that allow normal conversation.
Sustainability
In its lifetime a typical Rockwool insulation product saves more than 100 times the energy invested in its manufacture, transport and disposal. By burning less fossil fuels for our homes and workplaces, less air pollutants such as CO2, SO2, NOx are emitted.
Thermal
Stone wool maintains the indoor climate of buildings leading to reduction in energy use for heating and cooling. This balancing effect reduces CO2, environmental impact and results in cost savings for the building owner.
