Objective The project objective is to kick-start the development of new standards to enable the service life specification of wood and wood based materials for construction. This is critical to ensure the future sustainable use of European forests, to ensure customers of wood products get satisfactory and reliable products and to provide supplementary evidence for life cycle evaluations of construction products. This supporting action will utilise the wealth of research data that exists to analyse material test standards (CEN TC38) for their ability to inform on service life and performance. Historical field data will be reanalysed to extract more information on performance and this will be brought alongside service life expectation information gathered from various user groups. It will connect the material resistance with the moisture risk to inform on service life expectations. The task objectives included:Confirming material resistance measureConfirming a moisture risk measureInterpreting field test results with respect to early decay and predicting the service lifeReviewing present test protocols (EN 599) – is updating necessary?Proposing improved test methods (mainly field tests) and possible new testsProviding a draft interface standard that considers service lifeThe outcome will begin to focus on delivery of reliable products into the hands of specifiers and users of wood products to ensure the future growth of low carbon construction systems made form wood. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energyengineering and technologycivil engineeringarchitecture engineeringsustainable architectureengineering and technologymaterials engineeringwoodworkingengineering and technologycivil engineeringconstruction engineering Programme(s) FP7-NMP - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies Topic(s) NMP.2012.4.0-2 - Support for standardisation needs Call for proposal FP7-NMP-2012-CSA-6 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CSA-SA - Support actions Coordinator BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT LTD Address Bucknalls lane garston WD25 9XX Watford United Kingdom See on map Region East of England Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Hertfordshire Activity type Other Administrative Contact Edward Suttie (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITEIT GENT Belgium EU contribution € 58 850,00 Address Sint pietersnieuwstraat 25 9000 Gent See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. 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Gent Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Joris Van Acker (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data RISE RESEARCH INSTITUTES OF SWEDEN AB Sweden EU contribution € 57 566,00 Address Brinellgatan 4 501 15 Boras See on map Region Södra Sverige Västsverige Västra Götalands län Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Finn Englund (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data GOTTFRIED WILHELM LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITAET HANNOVER Germany EU contribution € 53 072,00 Address Welfengarten 1 30167 Hannover See on map Region Niedersachsen Hannover Region Hannover Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Christian Brischke (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION Spain EU contribution € 42 179,00 Address Parque cientifico y tecnologico de gipuzkoa, paseo mikeletegi 2 20009 Donostia-san sebastian (gipuzkoa) See on map Region Noreste País Vasco Gipuzkoa Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact David Lorenzo (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University Sweden EU contribution € 56 282,00 Address Paradisgatan 5c 22100 Lund See on map Region Södra Sverige Sydsverige Skåne län Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Sven Thelandersson (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data INSTITUT TECHNOLOGIQUE FCBA (FORETCELLULOSE BOIS-CONSTRUCTION AMEUBLEMENT) France EU contribution € 55 426,00 Address 10 rue de galilee 77420 Champs sur marne See on map Region Ile-de-France Ile-de-France Seine-et-Marne Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Eric Heisel (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data VYZKUMNY A VYVOJOVY USTAV DREVARSKYPRAHA SP Czechia EU contribution € 40 981,00 Address Na florenci 7-9 cp 1685-1686 111 71 Praha See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Petr Ptáček (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
