Maria Goron, M.Sc.

Building Research Institute
Graduate of the Faculty of Building Services, Hydro, and Environmental Engineering at the Warsaw University of Technology. Since 2021, she has been working at the Building Research Institute, specializing in the biological corrosion of building materials. She researches the resistance of building products to household fungi, moulds, and algae, and disseminates the results of her work through publications in scientific journals and conference presentations.

“Resistance of thin-coat renders to microorganisms”

The presentation will outline the problem of resistance of building materials to biological corrosion, with a focus on the susceptibility of thin-coat renders to algae. The circumstances conducive to the development of microorganisms on facades will be presented. Principles of microbiological research will be discussed, including microbial culture, sample preparation and preconditioning including aging techniques, exposure to microorganisms and interpretation of test data. The results of own research will be presented, in terms of both the susceptibility of plaster to algal growth and the effectiveness of algae control agents.