Designers and builders can choose from a wide range of materials to fulfil one or both of these aims. The choice of material used to be mainly a question of price and quality. The demands for a healthy environment and living climate are now imposing new criteria. Unfortunately, many insulation materials can be hazardous for human beings and the environment.
The term Insulation covers both thermal and sound sound insulation..
Wool, Hemp and flax are proven ingredients of thermal insulation products.
In the area of sound insulation Enkev has developed a safe and healthy alternative: The Cocoplate. Cocoplate is made from the coir fibres of the coconut husk. These fibres are first curled and then interconnected by means of a needling process. A layer of rubber latex is then sprayed onto the fibres before they are compressed into dense sheets. The rubber is vulcanised, bonding all the coir fibres with 'rubber strings'. So Cocoplate has excellent shock- and sound-absorbent properties, and the hollow coir fibres also provide heat insulation.