Material Development to Recycle and Reuse Industrial and Consumer Plastic Wastes for Construction Industry

Sensus Design and Build Inc.是一家综合性设计和建造公司，为安大略省南部的客户提供建筑设计、室内设计和施工管理服务。木材行业目前的标准要么是传统木材，要么是主要用于户外家具或户外装饰的非结构木塑复合木材。因此，目前还没有一种可持续的替代品可以将纤维木材的自然特性与回收热塑性塑料的机械强度结合起来，这种产品可以用可持续的方式增强房屋的结构设计和完整性。****Sensus打算与Lambton学院的工业材料开发中心合作，使用回收的工业/消费塑料来制造热塑性木材，这将使家庭的核心基础设施完全由回收材料创建。塑料可以用作纤维增强剂，以复制木材中发现的天然纤维。使用这种可持续的替代品将消除与木材相关的典型缺点，如潮湿和霉菌损坏，降解率和负面环境影响。****在Sensus，他们相信生产传统木材的替代品不仅可以为客户提供卓越的设计选择，还可以满足木材的标准，并彻底改变建筑和木材行业，因为加拿大将继续朝着环保意识的未来迈进。* * * * * *

Sensus Design and Build Inc. is an integrated design and build firm that provides architectural design, interior design, and construction management services to clients across Southern Ontario. The current standard in the lumber industry is either conventional wood lumber or non-structural wood-plastic composite lumber that is used primarily for outdoor furniture or outdoor decking. As such, there is currently no sustainable alternative that combines the natural characteristics of fibrous wood lumber with the mechanical strengths of recycled thermoplastics - a product that could be used to enhance the structural design and integrity of homes in a sustainable way. ****Sensus intends to collaborate with Lambton College's Centre for Industrial Material Development to use recycled industrial/consumer plastics to manufacture Thermoplastic Lumber that will allow a home's core infrastructure to be created entirely out of recycled material. Plastics can be used as fiber reinforcements to replicate the naturally occurring fibers found within wood lumber. Using such a sustainable alternative will negate the typical drawbacks associated with wood lumber such as moisture and mold damage, degradation rates and negative environmental impacts.****At Sensus, they believe producing an alternative to conventional wood lumber will not only provide superior design options to clients, it will satisfy the standard for wood lumber and revolutionize the construction and lumber industry, as Canada continue to move towards an environmentally conscious future. ******