Description

MEG is the contemporary and versatile solution for outdoor applications.‎ Solid, compact and durable.‎ MEG is a light and weather resistant product, suitable for the construction sector.‎ MEG is a durable material available in a wide range of decors, having high technical performances and it is particularly suitable for constructions.‎ MEG is suitable to carry out ventilated façades and is typically used in wall cladding, balconies, as well as for the production of urban furniture and for outdoor signage.‎ MEG is made out of composed of a rigid core combined with a decorative surface.‎ MEG is made of celluloid fiber layers impregnated with thermosetting phenolic resins and one or two aesthetic layers impregnated with aminoplastic resins.‎ MEG is available both in the standard and in the fire retardant versions (B – s1 d0).‎ MEG is compliant with quality standards of the EN 438:2016 – part 6.‎ MEG is a durable self-supporting material with high technical performance and a decorative surface which creates an unexpected and pleasant visual effect.‎ The specific compactness of MEG ensures an excellent combination of mechanical characteristics such as impact resistance and flexural strength.‎ The panel’s homogeneity and its high density ensure high tightness for mechanical fixing elements such as screws, rivets, etc.‎ MEG remains exposed to sunlight and atmospheric conditions maintaining its characteristics.‎ The natural variations of temperature and humidity do not affect the physical properties of MEG.‎ It is resistant to extreme climatic shock; climatic changes (such as sudden changes in temperature from -30°C to +70°C and air that from being very dry reaches 90% relative humidity) do not have any effect on the panels properties and appearance.‎ The action of anthropogenic pollutant gases and/or acid rain on MEG is negligible.‎ Neither the flaking of the decorative layer, nor its delamination from the core does not occur.‎

Ventilated façade
Covering façades with MEG panels offers a number of advantages in terms of protection from humidity and energy savings, using the benefits of creating a ventilated façade that also acts as rainscreen.‎ The principle on which the ventilated façade is based on is the creation of a chamber of moving air between the covered wall and the external cover.‎ This air chamber allows air to flow with a “chimney effect”, i.‎e.‎ an air current directed upwards as a result of the different density of cold air and hot air.‎ There are two main aims to this:

• keeping the covered wall and the panel dry all the time (avoiding condensation) in the winter;
• dispersing the heat irradiated from the external cover in the summer.‎

Rainscreen
The benefits arising from using a rainscreen made with MEG panels lie in the fact that this screen protects against pouring rain and against moisture seepage, so that there is ventilation in the chamber between the cover and the wall, behind the screen.‎ By actively contributing to improving the thermoenergetic performance of the outer walls the screen also has positive effects on the energy efficiency of the building as a whole.‎

Sunscreen
The use of MEG panels to make a shadingsystem is aimed mainly at achieving a reduction in the overheating of buildings in excessively sunny or hot periods.‎ Increases in internal temperatures lead to the use of air conditioning systems, which is an expensive solution subject of much debate, in view of its negative effect on the environment (emission of greenhouse gases).‎ Usually at the peak of summer the high solar irradiation is mainly blocked by the shading device, which reflects or absorbs it, acting as a barrier against excessive heat.‎ In winter time the incident light (from the sun that is low on the horizon) is not affected by a sunscreen.‎ The shading in this case is weak be-cause of the space between the slats (if the shading device has been installed in its traditional orientation, with horizontal slats).‎