Pavel Zemene, Ph.D.

Czech EPS Association

Dr. Pavel Zemene received his doctorate from the University of Pardubice. He has spent almost his entire professional life in the field of plastics. Since the foundation of the Czech EPS Association in 1998 he has been its chairman. He has been involved in the expanded polystyrene issues both at national and European level. He is a member of several working groups within European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and European Organization for Technical Assessment (EOTA), where he participates in the preparation of documents concerning ETICS. He is also currently working on EPS and circular economy issues.

“Fire safety of ETICS with EPS”

The fire safety aspects of ETICS, in which expanded polystyrene (EPS) boards were used as thermal insulation material, will be presented. The author will discuss the fire statistics of ETICS insulated buildings. The influence of the location and type of window openings and different insulation materials on the fire spread will be presented. Different ETICS fire test methods and their results will be discussed in regard to the new European fire test methodology.