It is now approaching five years since the Grenfell Tower disaster but the fallout continues. One reaction has been to see residential sprinklers systems much more widely applied in the UK. Users will hear how the London policy on sprinklers restricts funding for social housing to apartment buildings protected with sprinklers.
Grenfell was partly made of combustible materials and Daniel Joyeux of Efectis will present French guidance on how to protect wooden residential buildings, sprinklers being part of the solution.
Fire safety design
Shayne Parker of Domestic Sprinklers will review lessons learned from the many high-rise retrofits he has conducted, while William Makant of Plumis will discuss how prescriptive approaches in standards can inhibit the take-up of innovative concepts. Ruud van Herpen of Eindhoven University will explain why a stay-in-place fire safety design for residential buildings is only reasonable if it is protected with sprinklers.
Delegates attending the Fire Sprinkler International 2022 London conference, 31st May – 1st June, will gain insight from these speakers and well as experience two days of inspiring and informative presentations delivered by over 50 experts in the sector from all over the world.
