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WEKA insulation panels are made out of high quality sheep's wool and Venetian lime plaster used as binder and final finish.
Wool used in WEKA panels has been proven to increase in-door air quality and to greatly reduce heating and cooling bills. Also, lime has been used for centuries to eliminate mold and as disinfectant.

WEKA is a sustainable green building material, which can be used in new and existing homes or public buildings, for comfort, well being and sustainability.

The WEKA panel is a completely natural product, which is based on sheep's wool from the Alps and Dolomite lime as natural stabilizers to provide a rigid fire resistant insulation panel.
The panels are ready to be mounted on top of the existing walls, which allows the panel to be used as the visual finish.

  
 
 
 

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The product lauded by BULDERSnews Magazine as “Best Products of the Year 2008″ has caught the attention of peoples “green” and “wallet-conscious” sensibilities.

The insulating material utilizes the properties of wool (wolle) as well as a natural stabilizer (kalk, hence WEKA), which accomplishes the following:

  • Saves energy and heating/cooling costs
  • Enhances fire resistance
  • Improves in-door air quality by absorbing certain air contaminants
  • Provides resistance to pests and fungi by its natural ability to draw in moisture
  • Lowers impact on the environment due to no thermal treatment or chemical processing and is fully recyclable
  • Provides LEED points for contractors: Thermal Comfort (2pt); Rapidly renewable material (1pt); Innovation and design process: light, recyclabe (5 pt); Optimize energy performance (2pt); Use of local materials

Because these panels can be mounted on existing walls or used in new builds, the need for insulation and dry walling is eliminated, reducing the overall budget of a project.

Besides budgetary considerations the ability for a product to positively affect the environment and its resources is priority for most homeowners. In addition to the aforementioned positive attributes above, the use of wool in this product is providing a new source of income and stability for wool farmers and suppliers, and increasing the exchange of local and sustainable sources of insulation materials.