FIRE REGULATIONS FOR GREEN WALLS
As part of the online seminar series, the webinar Fire Regulations for Green Walls took place on November 16, 2022.
This webinar gave the participants an insight into fire testings and research projects within Austria and Germany. The webinar aroused considerable interest among the audience.
The following topics were discussed:
Austria
- „History“ of fire tests of facade greening
- Main results of tests
- Development of fire regulations concerning facade greening
- Best Practice
Germany
Fire performance of green facades:
- Research in Germany
- Regulations
- Recommendations
- Examples
Find useful information, studies and regulations below:
- Fire behavior of green facades in large-scale tests (2018)
- Fire behavior of green facades in large-scale tests (2020)
- Engel, J. Noder (2020), Begrünte Fassaden aus brandschutztechnischer Sicht; Fire performance of green facades. Bautechnik
- AGBF – Specific recommendation of the federal fire department – 2020-03 Expert recommendation on facade greening
This webinar was supported by: Terapia Urbana, GreenWall, Jakob Rope Systems, CarlStahl and Greentexx
The speakers
Dipl.-Ing. Dieter Werner
Head of Building Physics Lab
Testing, Inspection and Certification Department (MA39)
City of Vienna, Austria
(11/2022)