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COST ACTION E22: Environmental optimisation of wood protection<br />

3. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES BY WORKING GROUPS<br />

The activities of each participant are presented here, classified according to the respective<br />

scientific areas defined in the Memorandum of Understanding of COST Action<br />

E22. Preferable projects are listed, where activities can be published for state of art in<br />

1999. Contact persons are additionally mentioned.<br />

Working Group 1: PERFORMANCE<br />

Scope: Traditional wood preservatives, specifying durability requirements, optimum<br />

bio-effective life, creosote, field performance using soil, insects in Europe, climatic<br />

conditions.<br />

Classifying hazard including risk mapping<br />

• COST climate index (European FACT project), predicting deterioration (HFA)<br />

Contact person:<br />

R. Gründlinger<br />

E-mail: r.gruendlinger@holzforschung.at<br />

Web: www.holzforschung at<br />

Efficacy prediction (relationship between testing and practice)<br />

• Laboratory and field test of the efficacy of anti-sapstain chemicals (HFA)<br />

Contact person:<br />

R. Gründlinger<br />

E-mail: r.gruendlinger@holzforschung.at<br />

Web: www.holzforschung at<br />

• Stirnholzversiegelung als Schutzmaßnahme gegen Rissbildung und Pilzbefall<br />

(HFA); (Endgrainsealing, a method to prevent cracking and attack by fungi)<br />

Contact person:<br />

A. Neumüller<br />

• Advanced wood surface coating treatment for exterior used wood by full scale<br />

multi layer flow coating technique (HFA)<br />

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