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Fire performance of façades in high-rise buildings

The need for sustainable buildings has given the construction engineer the requirements for understanding several different fields, like energy efficiency and fire engineering. However, it should be noted that the same concept and the design elements that are being used for sustainability requirements are often in conflict with the requirements for safety regulations. This especially applies to fire safety in high-rise buildings, where there is a high risk of fire spread across its façade made of combustible materials. In this paper problem related to the fire spread across facades in high-rise buildings is presented. The example of testing of three different types of ETICS system, as most used façade system in Croatia, regarding their behaviour in fire tested per the British standard BS 8414-1:2002 will be also described.

façades, fire performance, high-rise buildings, large-scale test methods

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