Phased evacuation algorithm for high–rise buildings

Three-Dimensional Modeling for Buildings Evacuation Management

Predicting Evacuation Capacity for Public Buildings

This paper demonstrates a solution for analyzing public space evacuation rates. Evacuating from a public building in a reasonable amount of time is reliant upon how safe the space is in terms of achieving a minimum time to move people outside. In order to increase the safety of evacuation in public spaces, we employed the Bayesian Belief Network method. To have a better estimation pattern, we h...

Evacuation Route Calculation of Inner Buildings

Disastrous accidents (fire, chemical releases, earthquake, terrorist attacks, etc) in large public and residential buildings (discotheques, cafes, trade and industrial buildings) usually result in tragic consequences for people and environments. Such accidents have clearly showed that need for reliable systems supporting rescue operations is urgently appealing. Amongst all, giving appropriate i...

Construction and Performance of Curtain Wall Systems for Super Highrise Buildings – the Hong Kong’s Experience

The construction of super highrise buildings has been very active in Hong Kong for decades. Recent renowned projects like the 50-storey Manulife Tower, the 62-storey Cheung Kong Center, the 80-storey “Center”, the 88-storey International Financial Center, and a number of recent residential buildings exceeding 60-storey tall, are without exception, using curtain wall as their external envelope. ...

An Architecture for Situation-Aware Evacuation Guidance in Smart Buildings

Smart Cities require reliable means for managing installations that offer essential services to the citizens. In this paper we focus on the problem of evacuation of smart buildings in case of emergencies. In particular, we present an abstract architecture for situation-aware evacuation guidance systems in smart buildings, describe its key modules in detail, and provide some concrete examples of...