STATE OF THE ART REVIEWS

COST ACTION E22: Environmental optimisation of wood protection
3. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES BY WORKING GROUPS
Working Group 1: PERFORMANCE
Scope: Traditional wood preservatives, specifying durability requirements, optimum
bio-effective life, creosote, field performance using soil, insects in Europe, climatic
conditions.
Traditional wood preservatives
BAM
• Termite control using baiting systems
• FACT: Evaluation of the European Lap-joint method and investigation on its
comparability
- Investigations on the colonization of lap-joints by micro-organisms
- loss of biocides from wood after different periods of exposure
• Influence of different climates on the performance of biocides in lap-joints and
stakes
• Control of the dry-rot fungus in buildings
• Development of more objective assessment methods for wood specimens in field
tests and tests using terrestrial microcosms
• Tolerance of wood destroying micro-organisms against biocidal components
• Analytical methods for wood preservatives
BFH
• Lap-joint tests using wood based materials (ENV 12037 ENV12038)
• Ecotoxicological investigations of wood preservatives and leachates
• Environmental behaviour of HDO-containing wood preservatives
• Development of qualitative and quantitative methods of analysis for the detection
of wood preservatives in different matrices
• Investigations concerning the dimension of lysimeters
• Migration studies using wood preservatives and corresponding leachates
• Phytotoxicological studies
• Disposal of waste wood
• Remaining concentrations of wood preservatives during testing
Uni Göttingen
• wood preservation techniques
• wood preservatives
• wood impregnation properties
Specifying durability requirements
BAM
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