Aesthetics of InnoWEE products - RADIATING PANEL

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 out 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?

no visible deviations, even looking for deviations

minor deviations that are spotted if looked at from side

clearly not flat

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* 2. What is acceptable visibility of joints between the individual panels?

it should not be visible from 0,5 m distance

it should not be visible form 2 meters;

it may be hardly visible

may be visible

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* 3. What texture of the surface would be preferred for radiant panel (you can choose more than one)?

smooth as glass

smooth as ceramics

coarse render (< 1,5mm)

very coarse surface (>1,5 mm)

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* 4. Which colors should be realistically available for the radiant panel? 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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* 5. Should there be an option for a duo-tone radiant panel (i.e. two or more colours at the same panel)

Yes

Maybe, not sure

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* 6. Should there be an option to have integrated “shiny” particles in a the radiant panel?

yes, very important

maybe

probably not

absolutely not

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

clean at all times (having a self-cleaning function)

easy to wash when judged too dirty

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

may be somewhat dirty, radiant panels tend to collect dust

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* 8. With ageing all materials decay. In the radiant panel visual damage is acceptable in some cases to occur if the panel is easily replaceable (no construction works)

in few years after the installation

in period normally stated as a guarantee period

only when the predicted service life has expired

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

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* 9. With ageing all materials decay. In the radiant panel visual damage is acceptable in some cases to occur if the panel is replaceable (only minor construction works)

in few years after the installation

in period normally stated as a guarantee period

only when the predicted service life has expired

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

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

Substantially higher

Slightly higher

Slightly lower

Substantially lower