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Presinar: Protecting Building and People from Fire

February 28, 2019 @ 6:15 pm - 7:45 pm

About
This one hour course will describe the evolution of light wood frame construction and why it is an effective method to solving the affordable housing crisis. Our team will discuss how fire poses significant threats to mid-rise light wood-frame buildings-under-construction. We will also explore fire protection strategies and how to design safer and more sustainable buildings for occupants and first responders. Finally, we will review how fire inhibitors may contribute to LEED v4 BD+C projects. This one hour course will describe the evolution of light wood frame construction and why it is an effective method to solving the affordable housing crisis. Our team will discuss how fire poses significant threats to mid-rise light wood-frame buildings-under-construction. We will also explore fire protection strategies and how to design safer and more sustainable buildings for occupants and first responders. Finally, we will review how fire inhibitors may contribute to LEED v4 BD+C projects.

Objectives



  1. Describe the history of wood frame construction in the United States and the environmental impact of wood products derived from premature tree harvesting

  2. Review why mid-rise light wood-frame buildings bum down so frequently during the framing phase of construction

  3. Identify fire protection strategies to design safer and more sustainable buildings for occupants and first responders

  4. Explain how wood products treated with fire inhibitors may contribute to LEED v4

  5. BD+C projects



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Details

Date:
February 28, 2019
Time:
6:15 pm - 7:45 pm
Website:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/presinar-protecting-building-and-people-from-fire-tickets-56935814554

Venue

National Grid’s Sustainability Hub
912 Main St
Worcester, MA 01610 United States
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