Kārlis Livkišs
About
Kārlis is a project manager and research consultant at the Danish Institute of Fire and Security Technology (DBI). His main professional interests include façade fire safety, fire testing and modelling. Kārlis has received his PhD from Lund University (Sweden) for the work on project FIRETOOLS, done in cooperation with DBI. Kārlis holds a master’s degree in fire safety technology from program IMFSE (cooperation between Ghent University, Lund university and University of Edinburgh) and professional bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Riga Technical University.
Fire performance of wooden facades
The presentation will provide a summary of 10 large scale facade fire tests carried out as a part of Biofacades Uphigh project. Biofacades Uphigh project focused on non-fire treated ventilated wood clad facades and their fire protection with structural means. The presentation will also explore the differences between prescriptive (code-based) and performance-based engineering from the Danish perspective.