Performance of Bio-based Building Materials

Dennis Jones, the Chair of COST Action FP1303, has more than 20 years’ experience in wood and bio-based material research and technology. Currently working as a consultant, he is affiliated with Luleå University of Technology in Sweden and the University of Primorska in Slovenia, having previously worked in Sweden, the UK, Denmark and The Netherlands. Christian Brischke is the Vice Chair of COST Action FP1303 and is a researcher at University Göttingen in Germany and has a prolific publication list in areas linked to protection and performance of bio-based materials. He is also active within the International Research Group on Wood Protection, where he is currently a committee member for the group “Test Methodology and Assessment” as well as a member of their Communications Committee.

1. Introduction 2. Wood-based bio-based building materials 3. Non-wood-based bio-based building materials 4. Non-conventional and emerging bio-based building materials 5. Protection of bio-based materials 6. Performance of the bio-based material 7. Performance requirements as part of the building envelope 8. Performance testing 9. Performance of building envelopes 10. Modelling 11. Bio-based building materials meeting current and future requirements 12. Evaluation and standardisation 13. Current groups and evaluation committees for bio-based building materials 14. Glossary of terms