Ecowall is premium quality Dubai Municipality-approved partition wall system. Ecowall offers sustainable construction with the benefit of cost-efficiency and time-saving. Ecowall is Dubai Green Building Regulation Compliant with a minimum 4-hours Fire Rating at a thickness of 100 mm and Dubai Civil Defense Approved.
Ecowall at an application thickness of 100 mm combines the technical advantages of both drywalls and concrete walls: two heavy duty cement boards are casted in-situ on galvanized steel frame and filled with Perlite Lightweight Fire-Rated Concrete application using Gulf Perlite RS Pump mixing and pumping stations. Ecowall system is approved by Dubai Municipality to directly replace blockwork, lintels and plasters at all residential, commercial, villa, high-rise, mall, hotel, mixed-use projects for partition wall applications within the apartments, between the apartments and the corridors and at the inter-tenancy walls.
Ecowall is lighter than AAC blockworks at all thicknesses.
Technical Properties / Comparison Partition Systems 100 mm thick |
EcoWall 100 mm thick |
Hollow blockwork, lintels and plasters, 100 mm thick |
AAC blockwork, lintels and plasters, 100 mm thick |
Technical comparison |
A. FIRE RATING |
min. 4-hours |
2-hours |
2-hours |
ecoWall offers 2-times more fire resistance |
B. DEAD LOAD |
0.95 KN/m2 |
3.9 KN/m2 |
1.74 KN/m2 |
ecoWall is 4-times lighter than blocks and 1.8 times lighter that AAC blocks, reducing dead loads and post-tensioned slabs deflection |
C. THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY |
0.08 W/mK |
1.6 W/mK |
0.14 W/mK |
EcoWall is 75% more thermal insulating that AAC blocks |
D. QUALITY |
ecoWall surface quality is superior to all other systems |
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Surface flatness |
flat, ready to paint |
plaster, undulations |
plaster, undulations |
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Surface quality |
hard, heavy duty cement board, 9-12 mm thick |
medium, plaster (low strength) |
medium, plaster (low strength) |
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Structural stability of the system |
excellent, GI metal studs |
good |
medium |
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Risk of cracks |
Low |
medium, plasters |
medium, plasters |
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E. SUSTAINABILITY CHARACTERISTICS |
ecoWall is sustainable wall, that lasts-for-a-lifetime, user –friendly, inorganic, non-combustible, that protects MEP installations from corrosion |
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Insulating material |
perlite: non-combustible, 100% natural, sustainable, lasts-for-a-lifetime |
No insulation |
foam, non-sustainable chemical |
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Deterioration with time |
no |
no |
yes |
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Affected by bacteria / fungi |
no |
no |
yes |
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Corrosion of MEP installations |
no |
no |
yes |
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Combustibility |
no |
yes |
yes |
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F. EASE OF APPLICATION |
ecoWall significantly reduces construction costs and times:
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Plasters required |
no |
yes |
yes |
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Application speed |
very fast |
very slow |
slow |
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Site cleaning |
not required |
3-times: post-blockworks, post MEP, post-plasters |
3-times: post-blockworks, post MEP, post-plasters |
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MEP installation / relocation |
quick & easy |
difficult (chipping) |
difficult (chipping) |
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Labor intensive works/hazards/mistakes |
no |
yes |
yes |
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Permanent scaffolding required |
no |
yes |
yes |
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Lifting demand |
no, only the boards on pallets (max. 17 Kgs each) |
yes: blocks weight 238 Kg/m2 |
yes |
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Cutting materials on-site |
minimal |
yes |
yes |
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Wastage disposal |
minimal – 1% |
5 – 15% of materials |
5 – 15% of materials |
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Logistic, material shifting in-situ |
minimal |
difficult |
difficult |
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Lintels required |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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Ease of future changes, Architectural flexibility |
easy |
difficult |
difficult |
Please contact us for any clarification.