Wild Urban Interface & Accoya Wood Siding
WUI- Wild Urban Interface & Accoya Wood Siding
While Accoya siding has historically had a Class C fire rating under the U.S. system, we’re thrilled to announce that Accoya wood siding can now be used on buildings in designated Wild Urban Interface (WUI) areas! This is significant as WUI areas are expanding rapidly across the United States.
WUI compliance is generally associated with a specific construction assembly, which includes a variety of materials incorporated in a wall structure. For more information on the approved assembly tested with Accoya, see the link below to the Fire Behavior flier.
The market opportunities of this WUI compliance are huge, offering solutions for architects, builders and designers with Accoya as a material option for their projects in FHSZ (Fire Hazard Severity Zone) applications.
These updates are reflected in the following documents:
Accsys-US-Siding-Guidelines.pdf