- Author
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Jonsson, R.
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Pettersson, O.
- Title
- Timber Structures and Fire. A Review of the Existing State of Knowledge and Research Requirements.
- Coporate
- Swedish Council for Building Research, Stockholm, Sweden
- Report
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CIB W14/88/43 (S); D3:1985; LUTVDG/TVBB-3015
1985
103 p.
- Contract
- GRANT-790639-1
- Keywords
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timber
- Abstract
- Wood is a renewable natural material which has a long tradition in building technology. From the point of view of energy, it is superior to non-renewable building materials. The energy consumed in producing wood, for instance, is only about 10% of that in producing steel. Wood causes far less damage to the environment thn most other building materials, and residual products from wood processing amount to only between a quarter and a half of corresponding residual products from mining and mineral processing.