1st Main Project Meeting (September 2022)
October 3, 2022 at 12:56 pm,
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WOOD for HEATLH project had its first face-to-face Main project meeting in Göttingen after the 18th Annual Meeting of Northern European Network for Wood Science and Engineering. The meeting was very productive providing clear details of the current state of progress and plans with precise targets for the ongoing and upcoming tasks.
Partners from Finland, Norway, Germany and Latvian were at present. Swedish partner joined the meeting vie remote connections (MSTeams). The consortium presented also a project poster in the Annual Meeting of WSE network.
Meeting agenda:
- Reading and accepting the agenda (Pekka Kilpeläinen, UOULU);
- Update of the WP2 (Wood surfaces in healthcare buildings – practical experience) regarding national practices, examples and regulations concerning wood in healthcare buildings (Anna-Johanna Klasander, WHITE);
- Update of the WP3 (Synthesis and formulation of wood coating materials) regarding coating formulations and further testing (Claudia Shirp, WKI/ Bruno Andersons, LSIWC);
- Update of the WP4 (Antimicrobial, antiviral and hygienic properties of coatings and surfaces) regarding antimicrobial and antiviral testing arrangements (Pekka Kilpeläinen, UOULU);
- Work with WP5 (Technical, environmental and economic product performance) will commence in the next year (Ulrich Hundhausen, NTI);
- Update of the WP6 (Transnational dissemination) regarding dissemination activities (Bruno Andersons, LSIWC) and the progress for the GUIDE (Ulrich Hundhausen, NTI).
The main outcomes from the meeting:
- In WP2 the collection of national good practices in use of wood in healthcare buildings and national regulations affecting it were discussed. The national practices have been already collected in those partner countries where there are healthcare buildings with exposed wood surfaces, and now the collection of national regulations will commence.
- In WP3 work with development of new coatings has started both in Germany and Latvia. Collaboration of WP3 with WP4 and WP5 was discussed. WP4 will start to analyze at first pure effective compounds and solvents planned for coatings. German and Latvian partners will decide together which 15-25 samples they will sent for testing during this year.
- The basic structure of forthcoming guide book on use of wood in healthcare buildings was presented in the meeting (WP6), and it will contain also the collected good practices and regulations comparing their differences between countries.
