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Fire Safety Challenges of Green Buildings
Meacham, Brian; Poole, Brandon; Echeverria, Juan; Cheng, Raymond
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Description for Fire Safety Challenges of Green Buildings
Paperback. Series: SpringerBriefs in Fire. Num Pages: 95 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TNKF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 5. Weight in Grams: 161.
Environmental concerns and advances in architectural technologies have lead to a greater number of green buildings or buildings with green, eco-friendly elements. However, from a practical standpoint, there is no incident reporting system in the world that tracks data on fire incidents in green buildings. Fire safety objectives are not explicitly considered in most green rating schemes, and green design features have been associated with photovoltaic panels and roof materials, lightweight timber frame buildings, and combustible insulation materials. Fire Safety Challenges of Green Buildings is the result of an extensive global literature review that sought to identify issues related to ... Read more
Environmental concerns and advances in architectural technologies have lead to a greater number of green buildings or buildings with green, eco-friendly elements. However, from a practical standpoint, there is no incident reporting system in the world that tracks data on fire incidents in green buildings. Fire safety objectives are not explicitly considered in most green rating schemes, and green design features have been associated with photovoltaic panels and roof materials, lightweight timber frame buildings, and combustible insulation materials. Fire Safety Challenges of Green Buildings is the result of an extensive global literature review that sought to identify issues related to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
95
Condition
New
Series
SpringerBriefs in Fire
Number of Pages
83
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461481416
SKU
V9781461481416
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99-15
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