<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-03T15:52:43Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/EECC9330-FDF4-4512-BCE9-FD050E964489" ns1:id="EECC9330-FDF4-4512-BCE9-FD050E964489"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/6079DE8D-F23E-4B55-9A1D-588AE3A27DB5" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/A0A435F7-D783-426A-986E-4CCF278D94A3" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/6B108FFB-8CCA-4D76-8D69-74A0AAC93B4D" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/A0A435F7-D783-426A-986E-4CCF278D94A3" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2021-11-30T00:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/B20C9CD6-AFE2-45A3-9576-2006254CBD41" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2020-08-31T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">49994</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>&amp;quot;SAFERII&amp;quot;: Non-combustible Cladding Systems</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Feasibility Studies</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>ISCF</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>Recent tragic events, such as the London's Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, has led UK authorities to ban combustible materials in cladding systems on new high-rise residential buildings.

This project seeks to deliver a completely inorganic insulative product with an insulation performance akin to PIR foam, with the significant benefits inorganic materials bring for safety in fire both from non-combustibility and a complete absence of toxic smoke emissions.

There has been limited development of inorganic non-combustible insulation materials since the invention of mineral wool in the 1870s. Mineral wool remains the main viable solution to the use of Polyisocyanurate (PIR) and other carbon-based products. However, there is a significant performance divide between the insulative properties provided by mineral wool and PIR foams.

This project aims to build on the Alsitek patented inorganic insulative panel core &amp;quot;FIRETEK&amp;quot; to develop an insulation material that is completely safe in fire and has physical properties and thermal performance equivalent to PIR insulation foams.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>