REACTAFIRE
Advanced Systems for Wood Fire Protection
| Coordinatore | FIRE PROTECTION COATINGS LIMITED
Organization address
address: "VICTORIA HOUSE, QUEENS ROAD 44-45" contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | United Kingdom [UK] |
| Totale costo | 1˙711˙292 € |
| EC contributo | 1˙293˙873 € |
| Programma | FP7-SME
Specific Programme "Capacities": Research for the benefit of SMEs |
| Code Call | FP7-SME-2013 |
| Funding Scheme | BSG-SME |
| Anno di inizio | 2013 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2013-11-01 - 2015-10-31 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
FIRE PROTECTION COATINGS LIMITED
Organization address
address: "VICTORIA HOUSE, QUEENS ROAD 44-45" contact info |
UK (COVENTRY) | coordinator | 496˙750.00 |
| 2 |
VAN BAERLE AG
Organization address
address: SCHUTZENMATTSTRASSE 21 contact info |
CH (MUNCHENSTEIN) | participant | 251˙941.00 |
| 3 |
GARVSON AB
Organization address
address: BOLSHEDENS INDUSTRIVAG 22 contact info |
SE (BILLDAL) | participant | 245˙019.00 |
| 4 |
ENERGENICS EUROPE LIMITED
Organization address
address: WOODSTOCK ROAD BEGBROKE HILL BEGBROKE SCIENCE PARK contact info |
UK (BEGBROKE OXFORDSHIRE) | participant | 207˙907.00 |
| 5 |
J.W. OSTENDORF GMBH & CO. KG
Organization address
address: ROTTKAMP 2 contact info |
DE (COESFELD) | participant | 35˙730.00 |
| 6 |
SP SVERIGES TEKNISKA FORSKNINGSINSTITUT AB
Organization address
address: BRINELLGATAN 4 contact info |
SE (BORAS) | participant | 20˙368.00 |
| 7 |
PRA TRADING LTD
Organization address
address: HIGH STREET CASTLE MEWS 14 contact info |
UK (HAMPTON) | participant | 18˙345.00 |
| 8 |
OVE ARUP & PARTNERS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Organization address
address: FITZROY STREET 13 contact info |
UK (LONDON) | participant | 17˙813.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'Wood is an important construction material (over 70% of people in the developed world live in timber frame housing) as it performs well as an engineering material and compared to other commonly used construction materials it is more sustainable. However, timber is combustible, unlike concrete or steel, and this has significant implications for how it is used within the construction industry as the fire performance (surface spread of flame and structural integrity) must be considered for all building applications.
In Europe there have been a number of serious fires involving buildings based around structural timber frame (~2.5 million reported fires p.a. causing 20-25,000 deaths and 250-500,000 injuries of which over 50% is attributed to fires in timber frame buildings in Europe at a cost of between 0.2-0.3% of GDP or ~€100 billion in Europe ).
There is significant industry concern that existing protective wood coating products do not provide the levels of performance (fire resistance) needed to satisfy the increased use of timber for structures due to sustainability benefits.
Therefore there is a need to develop protective coating systems with enhanced fire resistance which will help to maintain or prolong structural integrity of timber in a fire situation, thus increasing time available for safe evacuation and increased potential to keep structure/time for fire service to arrive.
The REACTAFIRE project aims to overcome the limitations associated with currently used fire protection coatings by developing a unique advanced timber coating which will act to provide at least 60 minutes resistance to fire. This will be done by forming a durable wood char layer which will provide sufficient insulation to prevent further char damage. The result of which will serve to prolong the remaining timber integrity thus increasing the time available for safer evacuation from a building.'