Ecowall

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 Advantages

DUBAI MUNICIPALITY-APPROVED
ROBUST, DURABLE, SOLID CONCRETE WALL ON METAL FRAME
NON-COMBUSTIBLE CLASS A1/DIN 4102. POLYSTYRENE & FOAM COMBUSTIBLE CHEMICALS-FREE
FIRE PROOF min. 240-min at thickness of 100 mm
VERY LIGHTWEIGHT less than 1 KN/m²
ACOUSTIC INSULATING STC = 41/51/61 dB
THERMAL INSULATING K from 0.08 W/mK
SUSTAINABLE ECO-FRIENDLY, USER-FRIENDLY, LASTS-FOR-A-LIFETIME
3 – 5 TIMES FASTER CONSTRUCTION THAN BLOCKWORK & PLASTERS
LESS THICKNESS ONLY 100 mm, OFFERS MORE SPACE TO END-USERS
PLASTER-FREE CLEAN SITE
WASTEAGE-FREE
SIGNIFICANTLY LESS MAN HOURS LESS HAZARDS, LESS MISTAKES
NO LIFTING NO PERMANENT SCAFFOLDING
EASY MEP INSTALLATION & RELOCATION, NO CHIPPING
LESS LOGISTICS TO & WITHIN THE SITE
FLEXIBILITY ANY THICKNESS, ANY SHAPE CAN BE EASILY CASTED IN-SITU. NO CUTTING ON-SITE

Ecowall Dead Load

Ecowall type 1 – Dead Load (100 mm thick)

2 X 9 mm thick HD Cement Boards X 13.41 Kg/m2 = 26.82 Kg/m2
82 mm thick Perlite LW Fire-resistant Concrete Fill, dry density of max. 850 Kg/m3 = 69.7 Kg/m2
Galvanized frame vertical at every 400 mm and horizontal side beams at every 600 mm = max. 2 Kg/m2
Total 98.52 Kg/m2, thus max. 0.95 KN/m2

Ecowall type 2 – Dead Load (200 mm thick)

2 X 12 mm thick HD Cement Boards X 18.75 Kg/m2 = 37.5 Kg/m2
176 mm thick Perlite LW Fire-resistant Concrete Fill, dry density of max. 850 Kg/m3 = 149.6 Kg/m2
Galvanized frame vertical at every 400 mm and horizontal side beams at every 600 mm = max. 6 Kg/m2
Total 193.1 Kg/m2, thus max. 1.9 KN/m2

Dead load of 100 mm thick AAC blockworks and plasters

Blockwork: 550 Kg/m3 * 0.1 m = 55 Kg /m2 = 0.54 KN/m2
Plaster on 2 sides (2 + 2 cm) = 0.04 * 20 kN/m3 = 0.8 KN/m2
Allowance of mortar joints = 5 rows * 0.005 * 0.100 * 20 kN/m2 = 0.1 kN/m2
Allowance of lintels, beams, columns, etc. = 0.3 kN/m2
Total weight for 100 mm blockwork = 1.74 kN/m2

Dead load of 200 mm thick blockworks and plasters

Blockwork: 550 Kg/m3 * 0.2 m = 110 Kg /m2 = 1.09 KN/m2
Plaster on 2 sides (2 + 2 cm) = 0.04 * 20 kN/m3 = 0.8 KN/m2
Allowance of mortar joints = 5 rows * 0.005 * 0.200 * 20 kN/m2 = 0.2 kN/m2
Allowance of lintels, beams, columns, etc. = 0.6 kN/m2
Total weight for 100 mm blockwork = 2.69 kN/m2

Ecowall is lighter than AAC blockworks at all thicknesses.

EcoWall Technical-comparison vs. Hollow blockworks, AAC Blockworks:

Technical Properties

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
Surface flatness	flat, ready to paint	plaster, undulations	plaster, undulations
Surface quality	hard, heavy duty cement board, 9-12 mm thick	medium, plaster (low strength)	medium, plaster (low strength)
Structural stability of the system	excellent, GI metal studs	good	medium
Risk of cracks	Low	medium, plasters	medium, plasters
E. SUSTAINABILITY CHARACTERISTICS				ecoWall is sustainable wall, that lasts-for-a-lifetime, user –friendly, inorganic, non-combustible, that protects MEP installations from corrosion
Insulating material	perlite: non-combustible, 100% natural, sustainable, lasts-for-a-lifetime	No insulation	foam, non-sustainable chemical
Deterioration with time	no	no	yes
Affected by bacteria / fungi	no	no	yes
Corrosion of MEP installations	no	no	yes
Combustibility	no	yes	yes
F. EASE OF APPLICATION				ecoWall significantly reduces construction costs and times: use of crane logistics shifting, lifting MEP chipping, application and relocation scaffolding waste containers lintels modifications openings stucco on plasters
Plasters required	no	yes	yes
Application speed	very fast	very slow	slow
Site cleaning	not required	3-times: post-blockworks, post MEP, post-plasters	3-times: post-blockworks, post MEP, post-plasters
MEP installation / relocation	quick & easy	difficult (chipping)	difficult (chipping)
Labor intensive works/hazards/mistakes	no	yes	yes
Permanent scaffolding required	no	yes	yes
Lifting demand	no, only the boards on pallets (max. 17 Kgs each)	yes: blocks weight 238 Kg/m2	yes
Cutting materials on-site	minimal	yes	yes
Wastage disposal	minimal – 1%	5 – 15% of materials	5 – 15% of materials
Logistic, material shifting in-situ	minimal	difficult	difficult
Lintels required	No	Yes	Yes
Ease of future changes, Architectural flexibility	easy	difficult	difficult