Aesthetics of InnoWEE products - ETICS like facade

Aesthetics is identified as one of the major points in designing new products, in particular if these products are made of recycled materials. One such case are products, incorporating alkali activated material, developed in the project InnoWEE. All products are visible and their aesthetic quality is very important. Please have a look at the http://innowee.eu/products/ to find more about the products.

This activity is part of the European project InnoWEE (http://innowee.eu/).

The objective of this questionnaire is to receive the feedback on the Aesthetics, identified as one of the major points in designing new products, in particular if these products are made of Recycled materials.

We invite you to complete the following questionnaire.

Thank you,
InnoWEE team

InnoWEE – Innovative pre-fabricated components including different waste construction materials reducing building energy and minimising environmental impact
Coordinator: Mrs. Adriana BERNARDI; CNR-ISAC; a.bernardi@isac.cnr.it
Starting date: October 2016; Ending date: September 2020
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 723916

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* 1. What level of the overall flatness of the panel would be expected? This can be judged based on shadows when sunlight falls nearly parallel to the surface:

Flat so that no shadows can be seen

Flat, but shadows acceptable for very limited time (few minutes) in a day

May be clearly not flat

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* 2. What is acceptable visibility of joints between the individual boards. Keep in mind that gaps are not intentional.

Gaps should not be visible from 1 m distance

Gaps should not be visible form few meters

Gaps may be hardly visible from a larger distance

Gaps don’t bother me as long as functionality is preserved

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* 3. What texture of the surface would be preferred for new, modern buildings:

like ceramic tiles (< 0,5mm)

like smooth render (0,5 – 1,5 mm)

coarse render (1,5-5mm)

very coarse surface (> 5 mm)

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* 4. What texture of the surface would be expected for new or renovation of traditional style buildings:

like ceramic tiles (< 0,5mm)

like smooth render (0,5 – 1,5 mm)

coarse render (1,5-5mm)

very coarse surface (> 5 mm)

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* 5. Which colors should be realistically available for the façade? Please mark options you think are necessary to be successful o the market.

Pastel colours

Very bright and vivid colours

all dull colours

black, white and shades of grey and brown only

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* 6. Should there be an option for a duo-tone panel (i.e. two or more colors at the same panel)

Yes

Maybe, not sure

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* 7. Should there be an option to have integrated “shiny” particles in a façade panel?

yes, very important

maybe

probably not

absolutely not

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* 8. A façade is normally exposed to all kinds of deposits that may change detailed appearance of the façade (dirt). With respect to cleanliness the façade should be:

clan at all times with no intervention

easy to wash when judged too dirty

as long as it can be washed with reasonable effort it is acceptable

may be somewhat dirty, facades can’t be expected to stay clean

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* 9. Sometimes algae grow on the façade surface. This should be mitigated:

Immediately and without intervention

regularly with simple intervention

occasionally with chemical agents

doesn’t have to be mitigated at all

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* 10. With aging all materials decay. In the façade panel minor visual damage is acceptable in some cases to occur:

in few years after the installation

in period normally stated as a guarantee period (10-20 years)

only when the predicted service life has expired

never, the panels should never be replaced because of the aesthetic reasons

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* 11. Considering higher environmental quality of InnoWEE products, the price of these products should be:

Substantially higher

Slightly higher

Slightly lower

Substantially lower