To optimise the use of renewable materials in construction, it is essential to understand the factors influencing decisions throughout their design and service life. Life Cycle Costing (LCC) supports sustainable …
The construction sector stands for a large amount of the global carbon dioxide emissions and reducing these is thus important to prevent global warming. One benefit with building in wood …
Wood for outdoor decking has a high marked share in the Nordic and Baltic countries among private house owners. Important issues for the consumer are maintenance intervals and aesthetic appearance …
Mechanical strength properties are the most important feature of wood in constructions. In decaying wood strength loss can precede mass loss. Hence, both in laboratory and outdoor applications non-destructive measurement …
The durability of wood in exterior use is limited by to climatic factors and wood deteriorating organisms. The natural durability of the Nordic wood species is generally regarded as low, …
Information given in EN 350-2 on natural durability of different wood species against wood destroying fungi is mainly based on heartwood tested in ground contact. The objective of this study …
A range of studies the last decade has shown that modified wood can provide excellent protection against a range of wood deteriorating organisms, including decay fungi. However, we still lack …
Logging residues, branches and treetops after logging, were considered in the past as unsalable portions of the felled trees and remained on the landing. Currently, logging residues are harvested, stored …
Modified wood can provide protection against a range of wood deteriorating organisms. Several hypotheses have been put forward for the mode of action against wood decaying fungi, including inhibition of …
Some of the most common Norwegian wood species were tested in a Double layer test in South East Norway. After eight years of exposure the highest decay rating (≥3) was …
Wood for outdoor decking has a high market share in the Nordic and Baltic countries among private house owners. Important issues for the consumer are maintenance intervals and aesthetic appearance …
One key issue in wood construction is durability which is determined by construction details and the resistance of the material against biological deterioration and wetting. The moisture performance of wooden …
Even if it is well established that acetylation of wood by the use of acetic anhydride is able to impart a significant degree of decay resistance, more evidence is needed …
The outer facade constitutes a substantial volume of the total consumption of materials used in a building and the need for maintenance of the facade makes it especially interesting from …
Brown-rotted lignins have been found to undergo extensive modifications of the native lignin including oxidative demethylation, side chain oxidation, depolymerisation and repolymerisation (Eastwood et al., 2011; Riley et al., 2014) …
