Victorian construction company Casafico is focused on manufacturing innovative building products based on sustainable practices, which include using recycled raw materials and locally sourced materials as well as saving materials from landfill. For over eight years, Casafico has been using Foamex recycled polystyrene in its coating formulations, saving over 5,700 cubic metres of polystyrene from landfill.
Casafico’s Polystat Wall construction system is a prefabricated wall system that uses Foamex's Styroboard expanded polystyrene (EPS) at its core. The use of EPS in between the steel framework helps give the Polystat wall system a 90/90/90-minute fire rating as well as 4.17 R-Value on all external walls.
“The use of Styroboard EPS at the core of Polystat along with Styroboard EPS and other materials in the external coatings of the wall has helped Polystat homes achieve a 7-star rating,” said Casafico managing director Riccardo Mucci.
“Casafico’s unique building systems change the dynamics of the building industry utilising the finest quality raw materials and providing the market with products, which are simple to use and highly cost-effective. Every home that is built using the Polystat system saves 20 cubic metres of waste from landfill.”
The Casafico Polystat wall system was also named a finalist in the Premier’s Sustainability Awards, Victoria. Nominated in the Innovative Products category, the Polystat Wall system was highly commended for its sustainable design and manufacture. As the Polystat Wall system gains wider market acceptance, Casafico hopes that the amount of raw materials rescued from landfill will increase and that developers and homeowners recognise the many benefits of building sustainable houses.
By choosing Foamex expanded polystyrene for the core material of Polystat, the wall system will not deteriorate with age and will deliver constant R-values for the life of the building, thanks to its stable cellular structure.
