In Malaysia, the majority of household electricity (45%) is consumed by air conditioning.
Such high energy consumption is mainly caused by inefficient insulating materials with poor …

This paper proposes the assessment of particleboards based on the Circular Economy (CE)
approach, in which wood wastes and bio-resins are used to produce circular construction …

Toward identifying environmentally friendly sound‐absorbing materials, the fabrication of
biodegradable bagasse foams and their acoustic absorption and transmission loss were …

Particleboards were made using particles from sugarcane bagasse and eucalyptus residues
of the pulp industry. The particleboard properties were evaluated according to ABNT NBR …

Noise pollution, though often imperceptible, profoundly influences human well-being.
Employing sound-absorbing materials is a direct and effective method to ameliorate its …

Particleboard is recognized as the most important products in forest products industry.
Recently, utilization of industrial by-products such as waste wood from traditional sawmill is …

This paper presents investigation on the properties of value-added lightweight sandwich
panels, blockboard and battenboard, made by date palm waste trunks as core layer …

Use of lignocellulosic materials in particleboard has turned into an alternative for the reuse
of such materials, which are abundant and may have precarious disposal techniques. The …

Natural insulations made from by-products available in large quantities are growing in
importance. In the wood processing industry, among other materials, wood chips and …

The aim of this research was to investigate sugarcane bagasse (SCB) particleboards, using
two kinds of particles, from pith and fibers, reinforced with cellulose nanocrystals (NCC). The …