Wood Durability and Lifetime of Wooden Products -- Basic information about wood structure and its properties -- Wood structure -- Wood properties -- Types and principles of wood degradation -- Natural durability of wood -- Methods of wood protection for improvement its durability -- Service life prediction of wooden products -- Lifetime of wooden products -- Service life prediction of wooden products by factor method -- Life cycle assessment of wooden products -- References -- Standards -- Abiotic Degradation of Wood -- Wood damaged by weather factors -- Wood damaged thermally and by fire -- Thermal wood decomposition -- Wood burning: fire -- Wood damaged by aggressive chemicals -- Corrosion of wood by chemicals under aerobic conditions -- Corrosion of wood by chemicals under anaerobic conditions: wood fossilization -- Properties of abiotically damaged wood -- Properties of weathered wood -- Impact of increased temperature and fire on wood properties -- Impact of water and other chemicals on wood properties -- References -- Standards -- Biological Degradation of Wood -- Wood damaged by bacteria -- Wood damaged by fungi -- Reproduction, classification and physiology of wood-damaging fungi -- Wood-decaying fungi -- Wood-staining fungi and moulds -- Wood damaged by insects -- Reproduction, classification and physiology of wood-damaging insects -- Wood-damaging insects -- Wood damaged by marine organisms -- Shipworms -- Limnoria -- Mechanisms of wood biodegradation -- Biodegradation of cellulose -- Biodegradation of hemicelluloses -- Biodegradation of lignin -- Properties of biologically damaged wood -- Properties of rotten wood -- Properties of wood having galleries -- References -- Structural Protection of Wood -- Methodology of structural protection of wood -- Selection of suitable wood materials -- Design proposals for permanently low moisture of wood -- Estimated moisture of wood -- Shape optimizations for wood moisture reduction -- Waterproofing and other isolations of wood and wooden composites from water sources -- Structural design to prevent condensed water generation -- Regulation of climatic conditions in interiors -- Fire sections and other fire-safety measures -- References -- Standards -- Chemical Protection of Wood -- Methodology, ecology and regulation of chemical protection of wood -- Methodology and legislation of chemical protection of wood -- Toxicological and ecotoxicological standpoints of chemical protection of wood -- Regulation of chemical protection of wood -- Preservatives for wood protection -- Bactericides -- Fungicides: for decay, sap-stain and mould control -- Insecticides -- Fire retardants -- Protective coatings against weather impacts -- Evaluation of new preservatives -- Technologies of chemical protection of wood -- Improvement of permeability and impregnability of wood -- Application properties of preservatives -- Flow and diffusion transport of preservatives in wood -- Fixation of preservatives in wood -- Non-autoclave technologies of chemical protection of wood -- Autoclave technologies of chemical protection of wood -- Nanotechnologies and nano-compounds for chemical protection of wood -- Quality control of chemically protected wood -- Chemical protection of wooden composites -- Wooden composites and their susceptibility to damage -- Principles and technologies of chemical protection of wooden composites -- References -- Standards -- Directives -- Modifying Protection of Wood -- Methodology, ecology and effectiveness of wood modification -- Methods of wood modification: mechanical, physical, chemical and biological -- Ecology of wood modification -- Effectiveness of wood modification -- Thermally modified wood -- Principles, methods and technology of thermal wood modification -- Durability and other properties of thermally modified wood -- Applications of thermally modified wood -- Chemically modified wood -- Principles, methods and technology of chemical wood modification -- Substances intentionally or randomly reacting with wood components -- Durability and other properties of chemically modified wood -- Applications of chemically modified wood -- Biologically modified wood -- Microorganisms suppressing the activity of wood-damaging fungi and insects -- Gene engineering for increasing durability of wood and decreasing the activity of fungal enzymes -- References -- Standards -- Maintenance of Wood and Restoration of Damaged Wood -- Aims and enforcement of the maintenance and the restoration of damaged wood -- Wood maintenance -- Principles of wood maintenance in exteriors and interiors -- Principles of the fight against the active stages of wood pests -- Diagnosis of damaged wood -- Sensory diagnostic methods -- Instrumental diagnostic methods -- Diagnosing the age of wood -- Sterilization of biologically damaged wood -- Physical sterilization of wood -- Chemical sterilization of wood -- Conservation of damaged wood -- Natural and synthetic agents for wood conservation -- Methods and technologies for the conservation of air-dried damaged wood -- Methods and technologies for the conservation of waterlogged wood -- Renovation of damaged wood -- General requirements for the renovation of wooden objects -- Techniques for strengthening of individual wooden elements -- Techniques for strengthening of whole wooden structural units -- References -- Standards