Lunawood has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Nordic Timber Labs for the fire protection of planed Lunawood Thermowood products at their production facility in Nastola, Lahti, Finland. Nordic Timber Labs is a specialized provider of fire impregnation services, operating in a modern facility with state-of-the-art machinery.
The use of wood materials in facades has increased around the world, especially in the growth centers, where the architects want to use a natural wood product to bring warmth and soften modern architecture and help replace fossil building materials with wood products that act as carbon stores. Without fire protection treatment, Thermowood belongs to the same fire class D as untreated wood. Using the fire impregnation method, Lunawood Thermowood meets the required fire class B of the facade structures of P1 and P2 buildings.
The ecological Lunawood Thermowood products will be available with fire protection from the beginning of 2023. This expands the possibilities of using Lunawood in sustainable architecture even further.
The used technology and method for fire protection is a documented, CE-marked treatment process which enables a consistent quality of fire protection. “The cornerstone of Lunawood strategy is sustainability – thanks to the fire impregnation technique we are able to bring our sustainable Thermowood to new heights in larger projects, replacing fossil-based materials. In addition, working with a local impregnation partner helps us minimize the overall climate footprint of the final product,” explains VP Marketing and Product Management Maija Masalin.
Oy Lunawood Ltd is an innovative pioneer in the thermal modification of wood.
