FACADE ELEMENT

摘要

A façade element comprising: an insulating layer having a first major face, a second major face, an upper edge and a lower edge, and two side edges, each edge connecting the first and second major faces, wherein the insulating layer comprises a coherent man-made vitreous fibre-containing insulating material and at least one stud extending substantially from the upper edge to the lower edge and substantially from the first major face to the second major face of the insulating layer; and a face plate disposed on the first major face of the insulating layer; wherein both the stud and the face plate comprise a polymeric foam composite material, the polymeric foam composite material comprising a polymeric foam and discontinuous man-made vitreous fibres, wherein at least 50% by weight of the man-made vitreous fibres present in the polymeric foam composite material have a length less than 100 micrometres.