Brandsäkerhet i ett småhus
This essay includes the planning and designing of a house as well as writing a rapport about howto increase fire safety in small buildings.More than 6000 homes burn in Sweden every year (Brandskyddsföreningen, 2012c). Thedevastation and the costs are usually very high. This report examines possible measures to reduceboth personal injuries and economic losses resulting from house fires in small buildings.Swedishbuilding regulationsplay a major role when it comes to constructional fire safety. However therequirements inSwedish building regulations are very low for small buildings and this is anargument for raising the requirements.The report shows and describes possible methods to build safer with regards to fire in terms ofmaterials and different building structures. Major focus has been on fire cells but other solutionsare also examined and described. The conclusion is that theSwedish building regulations shouldincrease and the building norms need to be changed. Swedish insurance companies are verypositive to these proposals. Facts and conclusions are based on information from books andscientific journals.The small building is planned on the property Sjöängen 5:15 in the Swedish town Borlänge.Necessary information for the construction of the house is reported in text and appendix.Thisincludes documents describing construction equipment, materials, energy consumption and costs.The house is planned forSwedish building regulations and abides to building norms. This essaycontains necessary drawings, descriptions and calculations.