More and more new commercial building projects are applying for international green building certifications such as LEED BREEAM and national three star green building certification. Choosing Ceramsite Panel Expanded Clay Cement Panel as the internal wall material can help the project get a lot of extra environmental protection scores and easily pass these strict green building certifications. First of all, the main raw materials of Ceramsite Panel are natural clay cement and plant fiber. The raw materials do not contain any harmful substances such as formaldehyde asbestos and heavy metals. The product’s volatile organic compound emission is zero. This can help the project get full marks in the indoor environmental quality assessment part of the green building certification. Secondly, the production energy consumption of Ceramsite Panel is very low. The total carbon emission per square meter of the panel is less than 30 percent of the carbon emission of producing the same area of traditional clay brick wall. This can greatly reduce the total embodied carbon emission of the whole building, helping the project get high scores in the low carbon building assessment indicators. Thirdly, the excellent thermal insulation performance of Ceramsite Panel can effectively reduce the heating and cooling energy consumption of the building during the operation period. The annual building operation energy consumption can be reduced by more than 25 percent. This continuous energy saving effect can help the project get extra scores in the building operation performance assessment part. In addition, the Ceramsite Panel is 100 percent recyclable. When the building reaches the end of its service life, all the panels can be crushed and reused as raw materials for new building materials. There will be no construction waste that is difficult to degrade. This circular economy characteristic also conforms to the highest requirement of green building for sustainable material usage. Many new green building projects that have obtained LEED gold certification have taken Ceramsite Panel as their standard internal wall material. Green building assessment experts pointed out that using Expanded Clay Cement Panel is one of the most cost effective ways to improve the green building score, which can bring very high return with very little extra investment.
