Fire Safe Use of Wood in Buildings: Global Design GuideShow others and affiliations
2023 (English)In: World Conference on Timber Engineering: 19-22 June 2023, Oslo, Norway, World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE) , 2023, p. 4627-4635Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Sustainable development
SDG 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable, SDG 15: Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Abstract [en]
Building codes around the globe dictate the design and construction of buildings. For most buildings, designers will follow prescriptive code provisions to demonstrate code compliance. However, some buidling codes allow the use of performance-based design to demonstrate code compliance. Performance-based design is usually more complex but allows for greater flexibility in the use of materials and systems. Regardless of the code compliance methods, the combustibility of timber structures and wood products needs to be well understood and properly accounted for in building designs. This paper describes the develpment of a new international guidance document on fire safety in timber building within the Fire Safe Use of Wood (FSUW) network, written by 13 lead authors assisted by more than 20 experts in over a dozen different countries.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
World Conference on Timber Engineering (WCTE) , 2023. p. 4627-4635
Keywords [en]
Fire safety, mass timber, light timber frame, fire spread, encapsulation, structural fire design, active fire protection, performance-based design, robustness, building control, firefighting
National Category
Building Technologies
Research subject
Technology (byts ev till Engineering), Civil engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-123453DOI: 10.52202/069179-0603Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85171305972ISBN: 9781713873297 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-123453DiVA, id: diva2:1786410
Conference
World Conference on Timber Engineering, 19-22 June 2023, Oslo, Norway
2023-08-082023-08-082024-01-18Bibliographically approved