Alternative Materials for Interior Partitions in Construction

Bruna Resende Fagundes Pereira, Carolina Rezende Pinto Narciso, Gustavo Henrique Nalon (), Juliana Farinassi Mendes, Lívia Elisabeth Vasconcellos de Siqueira Brandão Vaz, Raphael Nogueira Rezende and Rafael Farinassi Mendes ()
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Bruna Resende Fagundes Pereira: Department of Forest Sciences, Federal University of Lavras, Campus Universitário, Lavras 37203-202, MG, Brazil
Carolina Rezende Pinto Narciso: Department of Forest Sciences, Federal University of Lavras, Campus Universitário, Lavras 37203-202, MG, Brazil
Gustavo Henrique Nalon: Department of Applied and Computational Mechanics, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Rua José Lourenço Kelmer, São Pedro, Juiz de Fora 36036-330, MG, Brazil
Juliana Farinassi Mendes: Embrapa Instrumentation, Centro, São Carlos 13560-970, SP, Brazil
Lívia Elisabeth Vasconcellos de Siqueira Brandão Vaz: Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Federal University of Lavras, Campus Universitário, Lavras 37203-202, MG, Brazil
Raphael Nogueira Rezende: Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Federal University of Lavras, Campus Universitário, Lavras 37203-202, MG, Brazil
Rafael Farinassi Mendes: Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Federal University of Lavras, Campus Universitário, Lavras 37203-202, MG, Brazil

Sustainability, 2025, vol. 17, issue 14, 1-24

Abstract: The significant waste generated by construction has increased interest in sustainable solutions, including prefabricated interior partition panels. Although different types of alternative panels have been proposed, their performance as interior partitions remains underexplored in systematic comparative studies. To narrow this knowledge gap, this paper presents a comprehensive evaluation and classification of drywall, OSB (Oriented Strand Board), cement–wood, and honeycomb panels, regarding physical, mechanical, microstructural, thermal, acoustic, and combustibility characteristics, in addition to conducting a cost evaluation. The results indicated that the OSB panels exhibited superior results for interior partition applications, showing notable advantages in physical strength, mechanical performance, and thermal insulation, while offering acoustic properties comparable to those of drywall panels. Nevertheless, OSB panels showed lower fire resistance and were associated with the highest cost among the materials analyzed in the present research. Drywall panels, on the other hand, provided the most favorable fire resistance but exhibited the least effective thermal insulation. The findings also indicated that both wood–cement and honeycomb panels require further improvements in their manufacturing processes to meet performance standards suitable for interior partition.

Keywords: civil construction; sustainable materials; thermal and acoustic insulation; fire resistance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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