January, 2019
- Innovation renamed to include the term GREENFIX f3.
- URL path renamed
by Sergio Contreras (WP3 leader)
GREENFIX f³ Fire Free Fibres Blankets
Climate change has caused extreme weather events to be more frequent. In places like Albania, Southeast Europe, summer is often very dry and hot causing wildfires in many regions, mostly in natural Parks. As recent events in Albania’s neighbour country Greece show, wildfires can be unpredictable and spread in urban areas causing serious damages. In these cases natural fibre blankets have the disadvantage that in sunny periods the fibres quickly become dry and can catch fire by just a cigarette.
That is why GREENFIX f³ combines all the benefits from all other GREENFIX products: Covamats, Eromats, Mulchmats, Rockmats, as well as GREENFIX 75 and provides additional fire protection according to DIN 4102-1.
GREENFIX f³ is composed of unique grass fibres of European origin and specially treated according to best environmental practices, so that these fire free fibres are 100 % biodegradable within 36 to 60 months. Dajti Adventure Park is one hot spot to test the blankets. Being vulnerable to human activities, including hazardous activities like inattentive cigarette smoking, the park is at all times risked by human behavior. Erosion is also a phenomenon that has a bad influence on the Park. Using the GREENFIX Fire Free blankets could potentially reduce the negative impacts.
ProSystem prototype demonstration in operational environment.
Prototype near or at planned operational system. Represents a major step up from TRL 6 by requiring demonstration of an actual system prototype in an operational environment.
Prototype near or at planned operational system. Represents a major step up from TRL 6 by requiring demonstration of an actual system prototype in an operational environment.
GREENFIX f3 has been applied in different relevant environment> There is a necessity to implement these type of techniques in Albania, mostly in Dajti Adventure Park in Tirana. As this technique has not yet been implemented in Tirana we classify this innovation as a TRL6.
How does it work?
The blanket is placed central at a minimum of 30 cm over the channel. The mat is secured by catching the clip-on channel 30 cm distance from each other.
Filled with dough and coated. Sowing seeds and placing the map, is provided with a row of clasps located at 30 cm distance from each other.
This Greenfix fire Free Blanket should be placed in one attractive adventure park inn Dajti mountain in Tirana, as is a new park and is more vulnerable to human activities. placing this blankets in this park should reduce as well the negative impact for erosion.
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