Organowood Nowa is currently subjected to one of the toughest standard field tests available for wood above ground, EN 12037! The test runs for 5 years in Malaysia and Denmark and now publish the three-year results. The independent external institute Dansk Teknologisk Institut therefore carries out the EN 12037 field test with Organowood Nowa in both Denmark and Malaysia.

The references, which consist of untreated pine wood and the wood impregnated with CCA (chromium, copper and arenic), which has been banned for 20 years, were also included in the test. The scale for assessing degradation ranges from grade 0-4, where 0 meas that the wood is unaffected and 4 means that the wood is completely degraded. The untreated reference in Malaysia was completely degraded after 3 years, by rot fungus but also in some cases by termites.

Pine pressure-impregnated with CCA was, as expected, unaffected. But also OrganoWood Nowa was completely unaffected with grade 0 on the scale! The result shows a very good wood protection even in the warm and humid environment that a rainforest offers.

The field study will continue and will continuously report results from both Denmark and Malaysia.