Abstract: The laminated thermal insulator system to be affixed to a building wall is comprised of a laminated thermal insulator system for affixing to a building wall, comprised of a light-absorbing wall outer surface, an at least partially light-permeable insulating material, and on the exterior (possibly with the interposition of a light-permeable protective layer) a weather-resistant, at least partially light-permeable layer of a plaster-type coating with a coating thickness of 0.5-6 mm, comprised of a curable, hardenable binder containing a filler, wherein the filler is present in an amount such that the transmissivity of the said coating is greater than 20% for perpendicularly incident light radiation.

Abstract: A composite thermal insulation system particularly for installation on a building wall and having a light-absorbing outer wall surface includes an at least partially light-transmissive thermal insulation material and a light-transmissive plaster-type coating on the outside surface thereof. The total light transmission of the system is lowered in the summer season to values less than 0.2, at high solar altitude angles (greater than 60.degree. to the vertical of the wall) by the addition to the outer plaster-type coating of powdered substances having a particle size less than 5 .mu.m and a refractive index between 1.45 and 1.65.

Abstract: An exterior insulation and finish system (14) for a building including an air-permeable insulation (28) located between an air barrier (20) and an exterior finish (31), a portion of one edge (24, 35b) of the insulation being exposed to permit air to flow into and out of the insulation to equalize pressures across the exterior finish.

Abstract: A re-usable container (10) is composed of a basin (11) and an insert (12). The insert (12) is formstable and is adjustably manufactured according to the inner contour of the basin (11). The insert (12) has positive fit to basin (11) and the insert (12) is made of a material which is decomposable by ultra violet rays or decomposable biologically. Re-usable containers (10) which are exposed to heavy contamination or which receive a very sticky material (13) can be re-used by using an insert (12).

Abstract: A method for manufacturing lightweight structural elements, for example, in form of plates which, at low density, have high mechanical strength and good insulating properties, wherein 70-95 parts by weight of open porous blown glass spheres have a grain fraction of 0.2 to 20 mm and a gross density between 0.2 and 0.55 g/cm.sup.3 are mixed with 4-30 parts by weight of an epoxy binder. The epoxy binder consists of a bisphenolic resin, to which 0.5-5 parts by weight of a polysiloxane are added, and an amine hardner. The blown glass spheres are thereby wetted on their surfaces. They are poured into a mold corresponding to the shape of the lightweight structural element, after which heat is added, as a result of which the amine hardener reacts with the polysiloxane and epoxy resin and an epoxy foam results between the blown glass spheres.