STATE OF THE ART REVIEWS

4. CONCLUSIONS
COST ACTION E22: Environmental optimisation of wood protection
The scope of the COST Action E22 is of considerable relevance and interest in the
United Kingdom with many of the scientific areas being the subject of current active
work at the different organisations.
The themes of key significance are:
• effective and reliable prediction of in-service performance of components
• developing optimum preservative treatments
• facilitating the uptake of environmentally improved products and technologies
• determining the environmental risk associated with treated timber commodities in
service
• providing improved guidance and practical tools for defining and specifying
appropriate levels of durability in wood and wood components
5. ANNEXES
Annex 1 lists the Organisations who responded to the request for information, together
with details of their contact persons and co-ordinates.
Annex 2 summarises the activities in the particular Working Groups of E22 using the
standard template.
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