Grenfell Tower Inferno A Disaster Waiting To Happen
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Very worrying news about the horrific fire at Grenfell Tower in London.
The Telegraph is reporting that the main factor in the fire spreading so quickly may have been the vertical cladding installed two years ago to meet green energy efficiency targets.
The cladding acts as insulation, but fire experts believe it can create an updraft between the walls and cladding which caused the fire to spread so quickly.
This sort of cladding is used worldwide as an easy way to insulate old buildings.
As one expert put it, the quest for sustainability has trumped other concerns.
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June 15, 2017 at 05:03AM
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