Chat 4

Age group: 12-19
Chat topic: Reducing energy consumption in buildings: How plastics help?
Date: 08 February 2007
Time: 11.00 CET
Guest: Dr John Feldmann, Member of the Board of Executive Directors, BASF, Germany and Vice President, PlasticsEurope, Brussels
Language: English

Teaching and learning resources

Thanks to the plastics material,  a house has nowadays become more affordable, more environment-friendly while improving the quality of life. The below Web links may help students to get an overview on how plastics offer innovative solutions and contribute largely, along with other materials, to saving energy  in buildings.

3LitreHouse
This is an exe file to download on your computer. It is a Macromedia Flash application which may enable your students to watch a demonstration on reducing energy consumption, CO₂ emissions and heating costs.

Energieeffizienz durch Innovationen - Bauen und Wohnen mit der LUWOGE
(German)

Building with plastics
(German and English)

Les plastiques : bâtiment et travaux publics
(French)
 
Les matières plastiques : Quelle est l'importance des matières plastiques ?
(French)

Plastics in the Building Industry
(English)

The benefits of plastics in the building industry
(English)

Innovative plastics
(English)

Plastics - the material of opportunity
(Swedish)