Capatect Baustoffindustrie

The project "School Refurbishment: Hemp goes to School" in the municipality of Pabneukirchen received the "Energiestar" award in the category "Energy Innovation at local Level". In addition to connecting the school to the local biomass-fuelled district heating network, installing a 30 kW PV system and renovating the building’s technologies and 148 windows, a focus was placed on the external thermal insulation. The 1,920 m² facade was equipped with 20 cm of hemp insulation panels by Capatect. Energy savings of over 60 % were achieved through the use of hemp-based insulating material as an alternative to conventional products - permitting savings of around 16,000 Euro/year in heating cost.

Capatect develops "Silent Hemp", a new facing insulation. This product provides an environmentally-friendly acoustic and thermal insulation for building interiors for soundproofing and generating a pleasant living environment. Application areas for "Silent Hemp" are partitioning walls between apartments or between apartments and staircases in buildings with increased sound dampening requirements.
With the insulation board "Hemp Wall", Capatect shows that the natural insulation material is also well-suited for protection against summer overheating of buildings.

In May, Capatect started the production of its ecological hemp insulation boards in Haugsdorf. The plant is located in a former factory building in a municipality of 1,570 inhabitants and represents a significant economic boost for the region. Around 30 new jobs were created.

The newly developed solid hemp render board from Capatect is specifically designed for porous bloc wall construction. It offers much higher thermal insulation than plasters, good noise insulation and offers a breathable and ecological wall construction solution. The raw material comes from Austrian hemp fields.

After a construction period of only 6 months, Synthesa Capatect has opened their new modern Dalmatherm insulation factory in Perg. Investments amounted to approximately 10.4 Mio. Euro. Insulation panels will be produced in this 27,000 m² space and directly delivered throughout Upper Austria. The Synthesa group currently employs around 720 people in 4 production locations.

Naporo and Capatect have developed a hemp-based thermal insulation composite system. For a natural fibre insulation, this new product has a very good insulating level (0.039 W/mK). The Capatect hemp panels are permeable and, according to an independent study, offer the best noise insulation among a comparison of products.