People spend more than 90% of their life time in buildings, which makes occupant behavior
one of the leading influences of energy consumption in buildings. Occupancy and occupant …

With the growing concerns over public safety, the importance of crowd monitoring is being
realized by various security and event management agencies worldwide. Estimation of …

Abstract 'Movement to the familiar'has been reported during evacuation incidents but has not
yet been studied in controlled experiments. We investigate effects of exit familiarity and …

Evacuation effectively mitigates potential harm for building occupants in case of
emergencies. Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR and AR) have emerged as research tools …

This paper presents a framework for integrating fire evacuation models into Building
Information Modelling (BIM). The framework is intended to enhance coordination between …

Pedestrian evacuation models are often used to assess life safety in the performance-based
design process within fire safety engineering. Within this paper, a summary of data collected …

Abstract Using three-dimensional (3D) indoor environments in pedestrian evacuation
simulations is increasingly active. However, a systemic review that reflects the latest …

Evacuation drills are generally the main mechanism for improving or measuring occupant
performance in emergency situations, but their effectiveness is often hard to measure, and …

Performance-based fire design can be carried out by comparing results from fire simulations
and evacuation simulations. Simulating evacuation of buildings requires engineers to have …

Crowd evacuation in emergencies may lead to fatalities if the evacuation plans were not
tested and evaluated. Traditionally, evacuation drills have been, and still are, being used to …