Wood has been experiencing a recent renaissance as construction material mainly due to its environmental assets. However, wood has the reputation of being prone to contamination and difficult to clean, which has limited its use in hospitals, healthcare units and other facilities with high demands towards surface hygiene. This is unfortunate as studies have shown that wood greatly aids the indoor environment quality (IEQ) and can be utilized to reduce energy use for heating and/or ventilation. This paper introduces new ERA-Net project WOOD for HEALTH aiming to solve this challenge.
Keywords: wood construction, health care buildings, hygiene
Authors
Pekka Kilpeläinen
University of Oulu, Kajaani University Consortium, Kajaani, Finland
Anna-Johanna Klasander
White arkitekter AB, Gothenburg, Sweden
Claudia Schirp
Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research WKI, Braunschweig, Germany
Ulrich Hundhausen
NTI (Norwegian Institute of Wood Technology), Oslo, Norway
Bruno Andersons
Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry, Riga, Latvia
Markus Lettau
AURO Pflanzenchemie AG, Braunschweig, Germany
Maris Valdmanis
Iecavnieks & Co, Ltd, Bauskas novads, Latvia
Vesa Virtanen
University of Oulu, Kajaani University Consortium, Kajaani, Finland
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