- Author
- Jones, W. W.
- Title
- Cybernetic Building Systems. BFRL Seminar, December 2, 1997. VHS Video.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Keywords
- buildings | conferences | fire growth | fire models | fire spread
- Abstract
- BFRL has developed an advanced model of fire growth and smoke spread in buildings. As sensor use in buildings becomes more wide spread, it is possible to use this information as input to the model to detect and predict the evoluation of a fire (or other extreme condition) in a building. This can be done both for current building systems and for the more advanced systems which use the BACnet protocol. As the sensor suite becomes more extensive and provides more information, the predictions can be refinded to provide more detail, and more reliable predictions for longer time intervals. For very large facilities, this would enable a measured response so that incidents can be isolated and contained without general interruption of business. This talk will discuss the various aspects of developing, incorporating and using such cybernetic systems in buildings.