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••• 10••• Innovationen Saubere Wohnungsluft? Forscher untersuchen Holzausdünstungen Holz setzt flüchtige organische Verbindungen frei, die als typi- scher Holzgeruch in Innenräumen wahrnehmbar und messbar sind. Wissenschaftler wollen in zwei Forschungsvorhaben heraus- finden, wie die Emissionen von Holzprodukten in Innenräumen zu bewerten sind und ob gesund- heitliche Gefahren bestehen. Das erste Forschungsvorhaben wird gemeinsam vom Thünen-In- stitut und dem Fraunhofer Institut für Holzforschung durchgeführt. Dabei soll für CE-gekennzeichne- te Holzwerkstoffe und technisch getrocknetes Brettschichtholz ein Bewertungsschema erarbei- tet werden, das beschreibt, in welchem Maße Holzprodukte im verbauten Zustand Stoffe an die Innenluft abgeben. Im Fokus ste- hen Emissionen über einen länge- ren Zeitraum sowie deren Auswir- kung auf die Innenluftqualität. Im zweiten Verbundvorhaben unter Führung des Universitäts- klinikums Freiburg geht es um die Ermittlung wissenschaftlich begründeter toxikologischer Da- ten für die Bewertung von flüch- tigen organischen Verbindungen (VOC) aus Holz und Holzproduk- ten. Bisherige Untersuchungen zeigten kein Gefährdungspoten- zial, allerdings gibt es bisher kei- ne systematisch durchgeführ- ten, belastbaren Studien zu den gesundheitlichen Effekten von Emissionen aus Holzprodukten in realen Innenräumen. Die Forscher wollen deshalb eine mögliche aku- te und chronische Toxizität in La- borversuchen untersuchen. Buildings will be reconstructed to see different types of functional spaces and the relati- onship between interior decoration and room functionality. Photo: Prof. Dr. Annette Haug Ageless decoration: Do as the Romans do! Researchers investigate how the people in Italy visually embellished their antique world W hen Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, it ea- sily destroyed the cities on the coast of the Gulf of Naples: Pompeii and Hercu- laneum. The city ruins tell fascinating tales of antiquity. The insights into life during these times will soon become more multi- faceted: Professor Annette Haug, Director of the Department of Classical Archaeology at Kiel University, has received a grant from the European Research Council (ERC). Her project, “Decorative Principles in Late Republican and Early Imperial Italy” (DE- COR), has received two million Euros in funding over a five-year period. In the DE- COR project, the research team around Pro- fessor Haug investigates how the people in Italy visually embellished (i.e. decorated) various areas of their antique world, be- tween the late Republic and the end of the early Imperial period (2nd century BC to 1st century AD). The term “decorate” includes all forms of design, from murals to mosa- ics and structural ornaments right through to sculptures. Individually, these forms of design have all been studied extensively by archaeologists. Now, for the first time, the DECOR project attempts to examine all ele- ments and their combined effect. Haug and her teamwish to apply this new, holistic ap- proach to houses and sanctuaries as well as main streets. In particular, the ancient set- tlements of Pompeii and Herculaneum of- fer many opportunities to do so. Visitors in Pompeii get a first impression of urban Roman life at that time. “Compared with today, many things have changed, but nevertheless it is understandable that the décor in a church will be different to that in our bedrooms,” said Haug. Even then, tastes and preferences changed over time. “It becomes more complicated to question the reasons for the selection of décors, or to investigate the combined effect of the furniture and artworks chosen to decorate a living room.” Where possible, buildings will be entirely reconstructed, to provide examples of different types of functional spaces. Then, deductions can be made about the relationship between interior decoration and room functionality. The “House of the Golden Cupids” in Pompeii showing detailed floor and wall decoration Photo: Prof. Dr. Annette Haug Alessanderx S.p.A. www.magniflex.com Halle: 9.1 • Stand: A020 Ateliers PHI SA www.ateliers-phi.com Halle: 2.2 • Stand: O016 Dauphin Human Design Group GmbH & Co.KG www.dauphin-home.de Halle: 11.3 Stand: P002 + Q001 Eve collection Tischmanufaktur GmbH www.eve-collection.de Halle: 10.1 • Stand: D059 hülsta - werke Hüls GmbH & Co. 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