Façade cladding applications using Casalgrande Padana ceramic tiles

The ventilated façade is a system where the external walls of a building are clad with mechanical fastening and hanging devices.

Innovative cladding systems that allow for the installation of ceramic materials with highly functional technical features, as well as enhancing the hygrothermal performance of the walls. Casalgrande Padana is able to provide solutions for ventilated walls, façade cladding with glued ceramic tiles and insulation systems with thin tiles. Casalgrande Padana’s wide range of large porcelain stoneware tiles allows designers to unleash their architectural creativity for the development of large vertical, sloping or curved surfaces.

The use of Casalgrande Padana porcelain stoneware tiles on the exterior of the building offers protection from inclement weather and pollution, with significant advantages in terms of thermal and acoustic insulation. It also protects the masonry structure, saves energy, eliminates thermal bridges and surface condensation, as well as enhancing the appearance of the façade and maintaining its aesthetic and technical characteristics.

Thanks to the Bios Self-Cleaning® technology, the ceramic tiles used for façade cladding and ventilated building envelopes have excellent self-cleaning properties and are able to reduce NOx gases (nitrogen oxides and mixtures, among the main air pollutants in urban areas).

Specifically, Bios Self-Cleaning® is able to combine the renowned aesthetic characteristics and technical performance of porcelain stoneware tiles with the ability to reduce cleaning and maintenance, guaranteeing significant savings while maintaining the quality and appearance of buildings.

Bios Self-Cleaning® is able to guarantee excellent performance, especially for façade cladding, with excellent photo-catalytic properties that when triggered by light, can break down the organic substances and pollutants on the tile surface, for a self-cleaning, air-purifying effect. It also has superhydrophilic properties that boost its self-cleaning capacity, and antibacterial characteristics triggered by the effect of the UV rays in sunlight. The reaction triggered by the light on the tile surface treated is able to produce active oxygen and break down bacteria.

The Bios Self-Cleaning® treatment’s ability to eliminate nitrogen oxides makes a significant contribution to improving air quality in urban areas: a 150 m2 façade with the Bios Self-Cleaning® treatment purifies the air as much as a wooded area the size of a football pitch and eliminates the nitrogen oxides emitted by 11 cars in one full day.