Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 3 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Ciar?n O'Connor:

There are two issues relating to fire. One is that the building does not fall down and the other is to get people out in a very short time. Timber will always stay in place because it burns at a set rate no matter how hot the fire. Its downside is the gases it gives off. The question is whether those gases are going to get people before they can get out the door. That is where the new European standard test is testing that. The tests will scientifically show things to be one way or the other. We are not far off those tests being done.

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