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PREFACE

The SBi Guidelines include general requirements and recommendations for roofs and roof coverings in accordance with the provisions of the 2018 Building Regulations (BR18) (The Danish Transport, Construction and Housing Authority, 2017).
The guidelines in this book are of a general nature, unrelated to specific building types and applications. The Guidelines cover all topics associated with roofs, including moisture, ventilation, fire, energy, and sound concerns. Some topics are only given a general treatment.
The Guidelines cover subject matters concerning both new builds and renovations, including roof re-insulation.
The Guidelines were compiled by Erik Brandt, Senior Researcher (lead author), Associate Professor Tommy Bunch-Nielsen, and Senior Researcher Martin Morelli.
Furthermore, Niels Samsø Nielsen, architect, assisted with the editorial work.
Assistance in the work to compile the SBi Guidelines was provided by a monitoring group of experts, including:
  • Bjarne A. Andersen (VELUX A/S)
  • Thomas Bach (Perform A/S)
  • Frank Brøndum (Cembrit A/S)
  • Jens Dons (Byggeskadefonden)
  • Morten Hjorslev Hansen (Fonden BYG-ERFA)
  • Filip Heiberg (Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter)
  • Ralf Jensen m.fl. (VMZINC)
  • Mikael Koch (Træinformation)
  • Søren Meyer (Grundejernes Investeringsfond)
  • Esben Mølgaard (IBF)
  • Kenneth Nielsen (Byggeskadefonden vedrørende Bygningsfornyelse)
  • Torben Nielsen (Icopal)
  • Sasha Nikolic m.fl. (DAFA A/S)
  • Bjarne Pedersen (Rambøll)
  • Lars Pedersen (Monier A/S)
  • Søren Rud Pedersen (Rockwool A/S)
  • Michael Petersen (Saint-Gobain)
  • Per Poulsen (SabetoFLEX)
  • Bent L. Rasmussen (Protan A/S)
  • Lauritz Rasmussen (Træelementforeningen)
  • Klaus Rughave (TEKNIQ)
  • Keld Stovgaard m.fl. (Nordic Waterproofing)
  • Niels Strange (Dansk Byggeri)
  • Roald Sølager (Isola A/S)
  • Martin Thomsen m.fl. (JUAL A/S)
  • Eva Marie Juul Tønning m.fl. (Mul10 Metal A/S)
Apart from those mentioned above, we have received valuable input from Georg Christensen (MSc Engineering), Bunch Bygningsfysik, Bjarne Lund Johansen (Architect MAA), NEXTTOOL (design engineering, shingle roofs), Jørgen Nymark Klausen (certified engineer), the Danish Technological Institute (tiled roofs), Carl Axel Lorentzen (engineer), Glasfakta (glass roofs), Professor Anker Nielsen, SBi (snow and ice), Signe Mehlsen, Byggeriets Arbejdsmiljøbus (work environment), Birgit Rasmussen (Senior Researcher), SBi (sound), Michael Simonsen (master carpenter), Dansk Håndværk, and Anders Bach Vestergaard (constructing engineer), DBI Fire and Security (fire performance issues).
We would like to thank all contributors for their comments which ensured that the Guidelines covered the wide professional scope we had envisaged at the outset.
We would like to thank all contributors for their comments which ensured that the Guidelines covered the wide professional scope we had envisaged at the outset.
We would like to thank the following organizations for their financial support, and for making the compilation of these Guidelines possible:
  • Cembrit A/S
  • DAFA A/S
  • Dansk Byggeri 
  • Eurotag Danmark A/S 
  • Grundejernes Investeringsfond (GI) 
  • IBF A/S
  • Icopal A/S
  • Isola A/S
  • JUAL A/S
  • Kalk- og Teglværksforeningen af 1893
  • Kerrn-Jespersens Fond
  • Knud Højgaards Fond
  • Monier A/S
  • Mul10 Metal A/S
  • Nordic Waterproofing/Phønix Tag Materialer A/S
  • Protan A/S 
  • Rockwool A/S
  • SabetoFLEX
  • Saint-Gobain Denmark A/S
  • TEKNIQ
  • Træelementforeningen
  • VELUX A/S
  • VMZINC
The Danish Building Research Institute, Aalborg University, Copenhagen,
Faculty of Engineering and Science
Ruut Peuhkuri
Research Director