The Mail decides to float the question:
“We’re green targets to blame for fire tragedy?”
and asks whether
“dubious” insulation was put on the tower just to meet environmental standards.
Allie Hodgkins-Brown (@AllieHBNews)
Friday's Daily MAIL: "Three Lethal Questions" #bbcpapers#tomorrowspaperstodaypic.twitter.com/trg4XBb8bV
June 15, 2017
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Telegraph
Alongside the cosmetic appeal of cladding, it is used as an insulation to make buildings more sustainable to meet green energy requirements.
He said that some estimates were that 30,000 buildings had been fitted with cladding, which is a cheap way of making a building more sustainable without rebuilding it.
All fire safety regulations are focused on containing a fire within a building, but this cannot happen if it is spreading along the outside.
Experts said that the cladding - which is used to insulate the building - had acted like a "chimney" for the flames by allowing the fire to spread upwards through the gaps between the cladding and the building walls.
“We’re green targets to blame for fire tragedy?”
and asks whether
“dubious” insulation was put on the tower just to meet environmental standards.
Friday's Daily MAIL: "Three Lethal Questions" #bbcpapers#tomorrowspaperstodaypic.twitter.com/trg4XBb8bV
June 15, 2017
======
Telegraph
Grenfell Tower inferno a 'disaster waiting to happen' as concerns are raised for safety of other buildings
Alongside the cosmetic appeal of cladding, it is used as an insulation to make buildings more sustainable to meet green energy requirements.
He said that some estimates were that 30,000 buildings had been fitted with cladding, which is a cheap way of making a building more sustainable without rebuilding it.
All fire safety regulations are focused on containing a fire within a building, but this cannot happen if it is spreading along the outside.
Experts said that the cladding - which is used to insulate the building - had acted like a "chimney" for the flames by allowing the fire to spread upwards through the gaps between the cladding and the building walls.
