- Author
- Stahl, F. I.
- Title
- Exit Emergency: A Blueprint for Design Standards Research.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
- Construction Specifier, Vol. 23, No. 2, 65-77, February 1979
- Keywords
- exits | emergencies | standards | egress | design applications | handicapped | people movement | legislation
- Abstract
- The Environmental Design Research Division of the Center for Building Technology, in collaboration with the centers for Fire Research and Consumer product Technology, National Bureau of Standards (NBS), is working to develop a more complete understanding of pedestrian behavior within buildings. Two important aspects of this overall effort include designing to facilitate the mobility of physically handicapped persons, and providing effective means of emergency egress for all building users. In this article, we explore the problem of developing an effective technical basis for the writing of access/egress standards.