The experimental house is a special facility for preparing test pieces and conducting heat tests for the purpose of developing fire resistance technologies. Construction of the house has earned its selection among Fiscal 2014 Leading Projects for Wood Construction Technology promoted by Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT).
Sumitomo Forestry will install cutting-edge equipment for fire prevention and resistance experiments in the Tsukuba Research Institute experimental house. In this way, it is developing advanced wooden structure technologies that turn wood into science, and is contributing to expanded use of wooden houses and other wooden constructions.
