Mycelium insulation: what matters beyond the headline.
A guide to thermal behaviour, moisture, fire, acoustics and manufacturing.
06 / INSIGHTS
Materials, buildings and the bigger picture.
Practical explanations of insulation science, European building policy and FungiFoam’s development.
BUILDING SCIENCE
Why thermal conductivity matters in insulation.
Conductivity, thickness and resistance: three ideas behind an informed material choice.
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From V2 to V3: engineering the next iteration.
How material performance connects to repeatability and industrial development.
2028 → 2030: a whole-life view of buildings.
What the EPBD’s GWP calculation and disclosure requirements cover.
Moisture: a material and a building-system question.
Why exposure, interfaces and water vapour transport belong in the same conversation.
Third in Portugal. Selected for the European Finals.
FungiFoam at ClimateLaunchpad Portugal 2026.
The European context
Buildings are changing. So must their materials.
≈40%
of EU energy consumption is in buildings
75%
of EU buildings have poor energy performance
1%
annual energy renovation rate
Source: European Commission · EU building stock
EPBD / EU 2024/1275
A whole-life view of buildings.
The EPBD introduces life-cycle global warming potential calculation and disclosure in energy performance certificates for new buildings.
2028
From 1 January: new buildings over 1,000 m² of useful floor area.
2030
From 1 January: all new buildings.
Material choices will face closer life-cycle scrutiny. The requirement concerns building-level assessment; it does not prescribe a particular material. Read the Commission’s explanation
Material ambition. Shared.