Knauf Insulation Experience Center is a representational demonstration buildingdedicated to the educational, training and business activities of Knauf Insulation d.o.o.

The building planning and design processes were guided by the demonstrational aspects of Knauf Group’s systems, and, foremost, by the principles of sustainable construction.

Sustainable construction was a significant factor in both the shape of the building and its premises, as well as in the selection of applied materials and installations.

In the first place, the Center with its 832 m2 floor area serves as a demonstration and training center for cutting-edge construction and insulation solutions and offers examples of our partners’ good practices in sustainable building.

When designing the premises, the vertical and horizontal communication within the building and building access we focused on the provision of access for all persons, primarily people with disabilities. We thus designed and built access ramps, external tactile paving, buttons in braille, floor tiles with appropriate light-dark contrasts, two-level railings on both sides of the staircases, etc.

At the same time, the building and installation design, underpinned by the principles of sustainable construction, offers a high level of flexibility for all future potential functional/spatial changes.

The ceiling is coated with fire-safe sound-absorption solutions, which improve the acoustic properties of the premises, while the floor is protected from impact noise with Knauf Insulation rock wool panels.

The entire building is characterised by extremely good heat and acoustic insulation, while heat insulation of specific construction sections is about 50% above the statutory requirements, while the building itself has been classified as a near zero-energy building.

As a result of strict supervision and the selection of sustainable and environment-friendly construction materials, primarily mineral insulation and coatings of Knauf Insulation, Knauf and Knauf AMF, we have created a safe and pleasant internal environment, which has been further confirmed by the extremely strict inside measurements of organic vaporous substances and formaldehydes, which revealed the lowest possible emission levels.

The larger roof was constructed as a flat roof with minimum slope (up to 2%). Part of the roof has been arranged into an extensive green roof, while the rest of the roof is covered by tiles. For greening above the hydro-insulation membrane, we applied the Urbanscape® Green Roof system, which is characterised by extremely low weight, high rainwater accumulation capacity, and extremely low maintenance requirements.
The roof is equipped with four curved glass flat roof windows (Velux) with thermal insulation double layer glass (--73QV) with laminated internal and reinforced external glass.

The front facade of the building is ventilated, while its curved external surface consists of Aquapanel facade systems. The western facade is partially constructed as a contact facade made of Knauf Insulation rock wool and very dark tone Knauf final layer coating, and as a partially ventilated facade made from Knauf Insulation rock wool and Heraklith mineralised wood fibre boards.