Output details
13 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials
University of Central Lancashire
Article title
Assessment of the fire toxicity of building insulation materials
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Energy and Buildings
Article number
-
Volume number
43
Issue number
2-3
First page of article
498
ISSN of journal
03787788
Year of publication
2011
Number of additional authors
1
Additional information
The insulation materials market is currently undergoing huge growth. The replacement of brick, stone or concrete with flammable components in buildings, which reduces the carbon emissions, has serious implications for fire safety. This paper shows how the fire toxicity, the largest cause of death in fire, increase exponentially from low in small, well-ventilated fires (or laboratory tests) to very high in developed fires. Currently, in Europe, there are no regulatory requirements relating to fire toxicity of building materials.
Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
-
