climate change and weekly testing of sprinkler systems

grubbym:

hello,

i was wondering, while the world is trying to move in the direction of zero carbon, why do insurance companies still insist on weekly running of large diesel powered engines being run every week on sprinkler systems?

this seems illogical. they won't take the risk if you want to remove the sprinklers, they cannot produce anything in law that says this needs to be done this often, only that this is an industry standard?

i can understand how these industry standards get drawn up, but how to promote change?

thank you

The world will never be zero carbon. Carbon is essential to life on earth. Perhaps you are referring to CO2? And that is also essential to life and plant growth.


Also, if a fire is prevented by a sprinkler system, the result will be an elimination of "carbon" that you are concerned about.


Z.

grubbym:

hello,

i was wondering, while the world is trying to move in the direction of zero carbon, why do insurance companies still insist on weekly running of large diesel powered engines being run every week on sprinkler systems?

this seems illogical. they won't take the risk if you want to remove the sprinklers, they cannot produce anything in law that says this needs to be done this often, only that this is an industry standard?

i can understand how these industry standards get drawn up, but how to promote change?

thank you

The world will never be zero carbon. Carbon is essential to life on earth. Perhaps you are referring to CO2? And that is also essential to life and plant growth.


Also, if a fire is prevented by a sprinkler system, the result will be an elimination of "carbon" that you are concerned about.


Z.