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Professor of Fire Science at Imperial College London

I would summarize the article like this: “I always tell industry, in public and private, if you don’t fix this, regulation is coming,” says Rein. “If you don’t talk to each other and fix this, it will be fixed for you.”

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Contributing editor at Inside Housing, freelance elsewhere

Perhaps, in the end, the mistake is viewing the green agenda and fire safety as in conflict at all. The truly sustainable solutions will be the ones which are fire safe. The job of the industry is to find them. Bit from me for The Developer on the conflict between fire safety and sustainability in the built environment: https://lnkd.in/ecv-bSYR

Quentin de Hults

Director General at International Copper Association Europe

10mo

You are completely right Guillermo. Nevertheless, some basic things for fire prevention are not well fixed by regulation. I particularly think about a lack of smoke detectors and about obsolete electrical installations. In several EU countries smoke alarms are not mandatory in dwellings and electrical installations are never inspected (see Forum for European Electrical Domestic Safety). UK is doing better than EU average on this but could still improve (ask Electrical Safety First). Let's not forget the first layers of fire safety! The consequences of building fires must be mitigated but most fires can also be prevented, which is even more sustainable.

Matthew Paiss

Technical Advisor, Battery Materials & Systems at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - PNNL - Comments and opinions are my own -

10mo

Or another way of putting it..."If you’re not at the table, you may be on the menu" Which do you prefer?

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