- Author
- Charters, D. A. | Smith, D. A. | Chitty, R. | Fraser-Mitchell, J.
- Title
- Effects Of Using Passenger Lifts and Escalators for the Evacuation of Building Occupants in Fire and Other Emergencies in High Rise Buildings and Underground Complexes.
- Coporate
- Building Research Establishment, Garston, Watford, Herts, WD25 9XX
- Book or Conf
- Performance-Based Codes and Fire Safety Design Methods, 7th International Conference. Sky is the Limit. Proceedings and Case Studies. April 16-18, 2008, Society of Fire Protection Engineers, Bethesda, MD, Auckland, New Zealand, 193-204 p., 2008
- Keywords
- peformance based codes | fire safety | safety engineering | regulations | elevators (lifts) | escalators | evacuation | occupants | emergencies | high rise buildings | stairways | design applications | management systems | human factors engineering | people movement | evacuation time | office buildings
- Identifiers
- lifts and/or escalators; underground stations; current methods/modes of operation; number of storeys against vertical movement capacity (for an office building); population against vertical movement capacity; detailed evacuation analysis; 3D view of high rise building and detail of central core; correlation between the time each occupant leaves the building, their starting location (level), and whether they used stairs or lifts; design features and/or management measures