Eurogypsum’s Post

🏠Speeding up buildings’ renovations and construction is indispensable… but not at all costs! The original goal of a house is to protect people and provide them with a safe shelter. 🧯As clearly pointed out tonight at the European Fire Safety Alliance‘s Fire Safety Week high-level discussion in the European Parliament, living in a fire safe house is a fundamental right and should feature high in the upcoming EU Affordable Housing Plan! 👏Good to see such a wide interest in the subject from EU policymakers, authorities, industries and other stakeholders. Action must be taken at multiple levels, to reduce the risks, allow quicker firefighter interventions, cater for the most vulnerable inhabitants… 🏗️Construction products and systems also matter: gypsum has long been used for its fire resistance properties in construction and renovation works. It was true when France’s 👑Louis XIV ordered all Paris buildings to be covered with plaster, to protect them from fire. It holds true today where the most modern fire resistant plasterboards help our more sustainable and technology-equipped buildings, new and renovated, to withstand fire generated by new risks - such as electric charging or climate change. #firesafety #affordablehousing #construction #housing #gypsum